Hi Nobby: Excel is a spreadsheet program sold separately or packaged with 'Microsoft Office', so if you already have Microsoft Office installed on your computer, then you have Excel too. My Dell computer came bundled with 'Microsoft Office'. On the other hand, if you own Microsoft Works, you might consider upgrading to Microsoft Office to get Excel.
Checkout these shopping search engines to find the best price:
http://www.pricegrabber.com http://www.mysimon.com The best price I found for Excel (standalone), from a reliable (honest) online retailer, is $290.90 (free shipping/ no sales tax if outside Ca), from Buy.Com:
http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=20338631&loc=105 Hope this helps,
Scott