[url]http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=16278[/url]
[quote]Windows 7 is getting closer to its October 22 launch date. With improved security, better compatibility, and a slick new look, the OS should please owners of both powerful and underpowered machines alike. Microsoft has already offered hot pre-order deals, but now it has announced its sweetest deal of them all.
Students with a valid student email address are eligible to get a copy of Windows 7 Home Premium or Professional, 32-bit or 64-bit (your choice, presumably some might pick the lighter Home Premium for netbooks) for a mere $30. And with one announcement, Microsoft has essentially matched Apple's OS price point for one of its most pivotal demographics -- students.
Apple beat Windows 7 to the market and has been loudly trumpeting that its Snow Leopard -- priced at $29 per license -- beats Windows 7 in prices. However, students in the U.S., U.K, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Korea and Mexico will now have their pick between the two competitors at virtually identical prices.
With Snow Leopard, students will get several key improvements (virtually all of Apple's core software was fine-tuned and sped up), but the release falls somewhere between a full Windows OS release and a Windows Service Pack. For an equivalent price they can get Windows 7, a full OS release packing many features that have drawn rave reviews from early adopters. The deal is sweet for users of traditional PC hardware and Macs alike, as even Mac users can take advantage of it to equip their Boot Camp Macs with Windows 7 for gaming and Windows-favored activities.
The deal is found on the win741.com site, a recently launched site from Microsoft, which calls the offer "too sweet to pass up." The site proclaims, "For a limited time, eligible college students can get the sweetest deal on Windows 7 - for only $29.99 USD. That's less than most of your textbooks! Hurry -- offer ends January 3, 2010 and 12 a.m. CST."
One major appeal of the deal is that with Windows 7 and a netbook, students get about the most portable and affordable bundle possible for a fully functional computer.
The move seems a smart one, given that Apple does have Microsoft beat on standard prices, with a copy of Home Premium (upgrade) retailing for $120 and $200 for a Professional upgrade (versus $29 for Snow Leopard). With the price bar set nearly four times as high as Apple's, the pressure is on Microsoft to deliver a dynamite product -- which indications show it will.
Still, Snow Leopard's aggressive pricing has caused it to double the initial sales of its predecessor, Leopard, and quadruple the sales of Tiger. Apple has also been much more aggressive in targeting school children, with programs such as "Field Trip to the Apple Store" in the U.S. and Canada. Many schools continue to use Mac computers primarily. All of this bodes well for Apple's long term success. However, Microsoft is at last making a legitimate bid to seize this important demographic from Apple.[/quote]
Feels good to be a college student right now, can can say I hope it isn't a limit of 1 because I have 3 computers I use for school
[url]http://win741.com/[/url]
trippy ass site
Fuck. Sec 5 :*(
Awesome. I'm glad I started college this year.
[QUOTE=I_Forgot;17380771]Awesome. I'm glad I started college this year.[/QUOTE]
Same here.
Sweet, I just pre-ordered. Thanks! I just put in my old university address that permanently forwards to my gmail. The school I'm going to now wasn't recognized.
That's great! Thanks for letting me know OP
Is there a canadian site for this?
I don't think it is up yet
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Hmm I wish I had made this in "the news" so more people could see it
Damnit, I need it to be the ultimate version in order to upgrade from RC :(
Well my dad works at a college so he can probibly get me the same kind of thing with ultimate.
I signed up for the site and I got to the checkout page but I do not see where you can order the professional version as opposed to the Home Premium. Does anyone know?
[url]http://www.microsoft.com/uk/windows/studentoffer/default.aspx[/url] £30 for the british
I'm already getting HP 64bit for free thanks to the voucher, but I might ask my cousin if he could sign up and get Pro 64bit, since I doubt he'd use it.
Meh, got mine for 19$ :3
Sounds great, but if I am running a Windows 7 Evaluation copy at the moment I am guessing it won't work?
Might have to dig out my old Vista stuff to install it and then install Windows 7...
Alright, to all that had my problem where you couldn't find the professional version. Click the "Need to join your school's network domain? Click Here" on the bottom of the page when ordering the Home Premium and it redirects you to a page to get Windows 7 Professional for the same price ($30).
I'm allowed to purchase it, even though I'm in high school which is pretty rad.
By the way, as far as the whole professional / premium thing goes, does it really matter which one I get?
[QUOTE=TropicalV2;17387642]I'm allowed to purchase it, even though I'm in high school which is pretty rad.
By the way, as far as the whole professional / premium thing goes, does it really matter which one I get?[/QUOTE]
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7_editions#Comparison_chart[/url]
You get a few extra features in Professional compared to Home Edition.
The extra features don't look important tbh. Can't say I'll ever use them.
For some reason, my high school technology teacher said we'll be entitled to a free version next week sometime as long as it's for academic purposes.
that's a very good deal indeed.
Rated tool. Thank you, just started college and get 30 pounds a week for it, as well as discounts so I can get this shitz in a week. :smug:
[QUOTE=PieClock;17392048]Rated tool. Thank you, just started college and get 30 pounds a week for it, as well as discounts so I can get this shitz in a week. :smug:[/QUOTE]
You get paid to go to college? I wish my college paid me.
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;17394186]You get paid to go to college? I wish my college paid me.[/QUOTE]
EMA, the government pays you if your parent's earn under £30,000.
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;17394186]You get paid to go to college? I wish my college paid me.[/QUOTE]
I only have to pay for my books, as long as I keep my GPA up I go for free
I ordered a copy of Pro edition. Not that Vista has been bad to me...but I've been "abusing" her. Time to start fresh. I'm thinking of setting up a redundant RAID array...no more bothersome external drive.
I wonder, if I'm taking online classes while in high school, and have a college e mail for that, can I still make good on this offer?
News: ok, I got the e mail... I just wonder if I won't get punished for fraud or something because I'm not technically going to a college...
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;17394186]You get paid to go to college? I wish my college paid me.[/QUOTE]
Yeah in the UK you can get paid to go to school, and then uni. Ironically, those who qualify for the money end up richer than the people that don't, since £30 a week when you are 16 is a lot of money.
GOD DAMN WHY DO AMERICANS ONLY GET THESE OFFERS RFGAFRAFGFRGAFGRFARHAHRAFQRH GOD DAMN BLOODY ENGLAND :bang:
/rage
[QUOTE=Sgt Pringles;17399391]GOD DAMN WHY DO AMERICANS ONLY GET THESE OFFERS RFGAFRAFGFRGAFGRFARHAHRAFQRH GOD DAMN BLOODY ENGLAND :bang:
/rage[/QUOTE]
[url=http://www.microsoft.com/uk/windows/studentoffer/default.aspx]uh[/url]
[QUOTE=Sgt Pringles;17399391]GOD DAMN WHY DO AMERICANS ONLY GET THESE OFFERS RFGAFRAFGFRGAFGRFARHAHRAFQRH GOD DAMN BLOODY ENGLAND :bang:
/rage[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=SirDigby;17384737][url]http://www.microsoft.com/uk/windows/studentoffer/default.aspx[/url] £30 for the british[/QUOTE]
RTFT
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