i'm will be buying office 2010 for six pc's here at work. we're upgrading from (*gasp*) office 97. there has been no reason previous to this to do any upgrading but we're now moving to windows 7 which i know does not play well with 97. on the other side, i'm shying away from office 2013 due to all the negativity i see when i google it.

1) i'm not finding many sources for the dvd version of 2010 but am finding a number of sources for the download / activation process. has this been smooth for any of you?

2) i'm finding a very large spread of prices for the dl version. i'm looking at a google page with prices ranging from $145 to $399 for a single user. except for newegg (at the $399 price), none of these vendors are familiar to me.

any advice?

thanks in advance