This year's Black Friday Mac software deals include savings of over $300 on Office 2008 for Mac, 78% off student editions of Creative Suite 4.0, $30 off Parallels 5.0 and Fusion 3.0, $40 off Photoshop Elements 4.0, and $50 off QuickBooks 2010.
Adobe Creative Suite 4.0
Amazon.com is offering 78% off CS4 Design Premium Student Edition ($403.99), CS4 Design Standard Student Edition ($295.49), and CS4 Web Premium Student Edition ($349.49).
Adobe Creative Suite 4.0
Adobe has slashed the price of Photoshop Elements 8 by $40, bringing it down to $59.99 after instant and mail-in rebates. Free shipping included.
Mac Virtualization Software
Parallels has knocked $10 off the price of Parallels Desktop 5.0 direct downloads, while VMware is offering $16 off direct downloads of Fusion 3.0 with coupon code dsktp20sale.
For physical retail copies of the Mac virtualization software, Amazon has the lowest price on Parallels 5.0 at $44.49 while MacMall has the lowest price on Fusion 3.0 at $49.99.
Mac Virtualization Software
Product | Retail | Direct Download | Amazon | MacMall | Buy.com | MacConnection | Discount |
| Mac Virtualization Software | |||||||
| Parallels Desktop 5.0 | $79.95 | $69.99 | $44.49 | $79.99 | $69.99 | Sold Out | $35.46 |
| VMware Fusion 3.0 | $79.95 | $63.99 | $57.49 | $49.99 | N/A | $69.95 | $29.96 |
Office 2008 for Mac
Price drops on the various versions of Office 2008 for Mac range from $80 to $328.96. B&H has Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Home & Student Edition for $69.95, Amazon has the standard edition for $199.98, Microsoft has the Business Edition for $249.95, and Amazon has the Special Media Edition for $170.99. Savings can be seen in the price comparison chart, below.
Microsoft Office
Product | Retail | Microsoft | Amazon | MacMall | B&H | MacConnection | Discount |
| Office 2008 for Mac | |||||||
| Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Home & Student Edition | $149.95 | $149.95 | $89.99 | $89.99 | $69.95 | $109.95 | $80.00 |
| Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac | $399.95 | N/A | $199.98 | N/A | $239.95 | N/A | $199.97 |
| Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 Business Edition | $399.95 | $249.95 | $279.99 | $302.99 | $299.95 | $365.95 | $150.00 |
| Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Special Media Edition | $499.95 | N/A | $170.99 | $423.99 | $199.95 | $262.95 | $328.96 |
QuickBooks 2010 for Mac
Intuit has cut the price of direct downloads of its new QuickBooks 2010 accounting software for Mac to $159.96 while Amazon has knocked the cost of the retail version down to $152.49. MacMall is a few bucks cheaper at $149.95.