[JackalsNose]

Or...you could get Office 2007 for free from most universities...ok, maybe it's not "Ultimate" or whatever but it still suits my purposes fine.

You could also develop on free software like Dev-C++ and Eclipse. Makes your wallet feel better and functions like a dream for the true coder. A small disclaimer would be that I have never actually had any experience with Microsoft development tools, because I'm too cheap for all of that and free things just work so good.