Microsoft to offer cheap Windows 7 for students
Microsoft plans to offer a substantial discount for college students who want to pick up a copy of Windows 7.
Starting October 1--and for a limited time--those in the U.K. will be able to preorder Windows 7 for 30 British pounds, according to a Microsoft Web site. In a Twitter posting, Microsoft said that U.S. college students will be able to get the software for $30, but the Web site it linked to does not yet have details on the offer.
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"This offer is specifically designed for those students who are not planning to purchase a new PC this year but would still like to take advantage of what Windows 7 offers," a Microsoft representative said. Those who order the software will be able to download it when Windows 7 ships on October 22. Students interested in the deal need a valid college e-mail address.
Microsoft plans similar offers in Canada, Australia, Korea, Mexico, France, and Germany, though the prices will vary somewhat.
In the U.S., students can preorder their copy of Windows 7 beginning later Thursday, while those in most other countries where the deal is being offered will have to wait to order until October 22. In most markets, the offer will end on January 3, though it will run longer in some places, such as Australia, where it will be available through the end of March.
The offer was noted earlier by Microsoft enthusiast site Neowin.net.
This is the latest deal from Microsoft, which earlier offered a preorder offer the let users buy the upgrade version of Windows 7 Home Premium for $49. That deal ended July 11 for those in the U.S. Microsoft is also offering a "family pack" option.
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£30 = $49. British students are getting ripped-off.
by WinNoMo September 16, 2009 12:09 PM PDT
We all know the cheapest products Win dows.
by WinNoMo September 16, 2009 12:09 PM PDT
We all know the cheapest products Win dows.
by WinNoMo September 16, 2009 12:09 PM PDT
We all know the cheapest products Win dows.
In the meantime, I'll try to keep my comments simple so you can understand them.
But you've finally proven my point, that you're passing judgment on something you know nothing about. I won't bother you anymore about it, and I won't waste anymore time reading your posts.
Most people aren't tools who visit the MSDNAA site on a daily basis like you and your friends. Therefore, other web sites, "News" web sites perhaps, do their best to get the word out to people that haven't heard - you know... News.
Pull your head out.
Student Use Agreement
As a member of the MSDN Academic Alliance (MSDNAA), the school in which you take credit courses is authorized to provide you with program software for use on your personal computer. You must agree to the MSDNAA usage guidelines listed below, the MSDN End-User License Agreement (EULA), and the MSDNAA License Amendment, as well as any conditions required by your school.
The MSDNAA program administrator for your school will maintain records of student use, provide aggregate data to Microsoft upon request, and ensure full compliance with the program among users including students, faculty, and technical staff. By installing, copying, or otherwise using the software, you agree to be bound by the terms of the EULA and the License Amendment. If you do not agree to be bound, do not install, copy, or use the software.
Installation Guidelines
You must be registered in at least one for-credit course within the member school to be eligible to load program software on your personal computer.
Your school may either provide you with access to a download server or loan you a copy of the software on a temporary basis to install on your personal computer.
For certain products, you may be given a product key for installing the software. You may not disclose the product key to anyone else.
Usage Guidelines
You may not give copies of loaned or downloaded software to anyone else. Other eligible students must obtain software using the method(s) set up by the MSDNAA program administrator.
You may use the software for non-commercial purposes including instructional use, research and/or design, and development and testing of projects for class assignments, tests, or personal projects. You may not use MSDNAA software for any for-profit software development.
When you are no longer taking credit courses in the member school, you may no longer obtain MSDNAA software. However, you may continue to use previously installed products on your computer, provided you continue to follow MSDNAA program guidelines.
If you violate the terms of the EULA and the License Amendment, the MSDNAA program administrator will demand confirmation of removal of the program software from your personal computer.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/academic/bb250622.aspx
It does this section clearly state that there effectively no time limit for use of software even a layman can tell that. Just a time limit to accessing new downloads. Consider I still have access to the system 6 months after my course ended an was able to download windows 7 I would take that bit with a pinch salt to, and they even issue me a other license product key to activate on other hardware.
Learn to read.
Which makes the 2 years limit someone else said as utter nonsense, there is no limit.
The only thing worthwhile is the C++ compiler in VS. I got VS 2008 Professional Edition for free and all I installed on the free XP version I have running in a VM is C++ and nothing else and it was still 1 GB!!!! Talk about bloat.
The funniest thing is that the free to everyone driver development kit doesn't even integrate with VS.
Eclipse + any C compiler == teh win
To Purchase:
1. Check your email inbox.
2. Click on the link in the email to access to the store.
3. Purchase your license/product key.
4. IMPORTANT! Hold on to your confirmation email. You will need this if you need to restart the installation process.
5. Checkout and download Windows 7!
I'll definitely be jumping on this deal.
1. Register your e-mail address
2. Click the link in the Eligibility Confirmation e-mail you receive.
3. Note that Home Premium is automatically added to your cart. Notice that beneath the cart is a link that aks something about needing to join your University Domain or Domain Join (can't remember the exact wording).
4. IMPORTANT STEP: Click the link referring to Domain Join below the cart to add WIndows 7 Professional instead of Home Premium.
5. Complete the checkout process with Windows 7 Professional and save your confirmation e-mail.
Oh wow, thanks! Good thing I didn't follow through when I first got the email, I was going to do it later tonight. But I checked out what you typed and I see the Professional version!
Bless you for this one. Why they couldn't have provdied both options is beyond me. I don't know why anyone wouldn't want Pro since you never know if you'll need that additional network functionality some day.
Used it to learn Windows and Office inside out, landed a job at college computer lab as a teaching aide and the rest is history...:P
So - yeah, these deals can be highly effective, and sometimes even life-changing.....:)
Microsoft plans similar offers in Canada, Australia, Korea, Mexico, France, and Germany, though the prices will vary somewhat.
is unclear? No wonder canadian students cant compete.
Just because one person didn't read the article doesn't mean all of Canada is stupid. Also, for someone who claims that Americans are smarter, you don't seem to know your grammar. "is unclear" is not a full sentencel
And if b*tching about something that was clearly in the article on the basis of not having actually read the article, as you infer, is an example of anything other than being stupid, well, you have just made my point. Eh.
So if you want to be on the wise side: wait after Oct 22, and maybe even up to Jan 1, to start buying Windows 7. Why? More rebates, mail in rebates, instant-cash back or whatever other euphemism MS finds to avoid the ultimate conclusion: people will not buy Windows 7 at MSRP or will prefer XP at any price point.
Incidently, Apple is famous for giving education and schools discounts on their products. By your logic, Apple also seems to have trouble getting people to buy Macs at MSRP.
"Free" would be the best price for this Windows release. That would at least be some small measure of compensation for what users have had to put up with since it's conception.
"Since one of the local MS shills has decided to include me in a post I otherwise had no interest in, here's my two cents:"
If this was true, then you woudln't have posted at all. It was your decision to post, not someone else's. Only you can make that concious decision. To troll or not to troll- that is up to you.
You spend way too much time here, you don't even comprehend what you're reading anymore...
by Seaspray0 September 17, 2009 12:24 PM PDT
Amazing, both shycelticwitch and WinNoMo must be members of the same "we" group.
by WinNoMo September 16, 2009 12:09 PM PDT
We all know the cheapest products Win dows.
Note the post time. Now look at my first post on this article. Imagine that. I was "here" before I was here.
cheese n rice
Since you admit to being a "stuck-up Apple fan", then why even bother to post a comment regarding Windows 7?
This article concerns a student discount for Windows 7. It has nothing whatsoever to do with any version of Mac OS X, or any other Apple product for that matter. It also has nothing to do with Linux, or any other free OS like Haiku.
As a college student, I have taken advantage of quite a few student offers from Microsoft. I was able to get Vista Ultimate and Office Ultimate 2007, both full versions, for about $60 each. In addition, I have downloaded most of the software MS offers through the DreamSpark program, which is also available to high school students. Again, all full versions. I have also pre-ordered Win 7 Pro through the offer mentioned in this article.
In the past I have used Macs. At this point in time I can't afford one unless I win the lottery. Even with the student discounts for Apple products at the local Uni bookstore, they are still out of reach for me.
Recently, I bought a new Dell PC for about $1200. It's a Core i7 system with 12 GB of DDR3 that came with a 22" widescreen monitor, ATI HD4670 512 MB, dual optical drives, media card reader with Bluetooth hub, speakers with subwoofer, mouse, keyboard, and 2 year warranty plus free shipping. The clincher was no interest if I pay it off within one year. I also qualified for a 7% student discount.
After a student discount of 8%, the quad-core Mac Pro without a monitor is still $2300. Adding a monitor would have put it up to more than twice as much as my Dell cost me. Certainly the Mac Pro is a beautiful machine. However, I don't think it's twice as good as the Dell I got for half the price.
My previous PC is a 7 year old Dell P4. It still runs fine and is useful as a second computer even though it's outdated. I can't help but feel I got my money's worth out of it. After discounts and rebates it was about $700 with monitor, discrete graphics card, DL DVDRW optical drive, sound card, speakers, keyboard, mouse and 3 yr warranty.
Considering how quickly computer hardware becomes obsolete, it makes no sense to me to buy the most expensive option. I look for something that offers the best value. So far, that's not anything from Apple.
Someone mentioned my name in a troll post on this article and I had not even posted any comments of my own. So you wasted an awful lot of time typing all that.
So if you don't want me here, keep my name out of your posts. I didn't start the flame, just putting it out.
And in the future, when my name is posted in such a manner without my consent I will simply object to CNET. I am sure if I complain enough, the antagonists will be reprimanded or banned from posting. I know this because I was censored for the same type of behavior a while back. "Personal attacks are not tolerated," was their statement.
All of my recent posts have been without such flame throwing so why don't the rest of you try it for a while.
Special $29 Snow Leopard pricing announced back in June '09...
Windows 7 special $30 student price announced over 3 months later...
Originality must be Redmond's biggest challenge.
Discounts to the educational market has been going on for years from many companies, including Microsoft and Apple. Apple certainly did not invent that idea. Your dilusional assumption that Apple was first with every idea only shows your complete ignorance and bias. Either way, students get to benefit and that's what matters here. Your condescending attitude about it is sadly pathetic.
Great deal for students that is all that matters here.
By the way, I do think this is a very smart move for Microsoft and I think it's actually a fair price for an operating system. Even $100 is decent, but the full price is still way to much. I'm just sick of hearing Windows fans calling Snow Leopard a service pack. Apple doesn't do 'Service Packs', and if they did, they would be free. If Windows was worth the cost, then it would be an impenetrable operating system that cannot be crashed by hardware/software incompatibilities. Apple realizes their OS isn't that, so they charge less (even OS X in the past). Microsoft has a good product in Windows 7, but they need to drop this whole version thing. If they want to separate average user from business (like XP Home/Pro), fine, but these 6 versions (or however many it is) is just ridiculous. I say, everybody buy Home Basic, then Windows 8 will be a full OS.
- by ubnyan September 18, 2009 5:43 AM PDT
- This is ridiculous. $29.99 for an "upgrade" from Vista. What about people that want to upgrade from XP? Windows 7 is just another Vista in disguised.
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- by Y2K Blackout October 4, 2009 10:00 AM PDT
- Windows 7 is NOT just another Vista in disguise. If you had actually used it, you would know that. I have used Windows Vista Ultimate and ever since I installed the early builds of 7, I could not picture myself going back. Windows 7 is to Vista what Vista was to XP; I couldn't picture myself going back to XP once I had Vista either. I am currently running the final version of Windows 7 Professional and it's more than worth $30.
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