• Windows 7 for Students
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Hey Hardware and Software, I'm a college student on a tight budget, is there anyway I can nab a copy of Windows 7 for free? I'm registered on DreamSpark right now and using Windows Server 2008 R2 as a workstation until I can find a ridiculously low deal if not free for Windows 7. I know the technical background about the OS and all, but I'd really like a clean official copy of 7, simply because it's meant to be a workstation OS, and it has features here and there that I don't want to have to bring to s2k8r2 through a third-party installer, which I consider a little lame. I've tried Google of course, and all I could find were upgrade deals, which isn't what I'm looking for. The most I could find were pretty outdated deals for a $30 upgrade package. Thanks in advance, guys. If I can't find anything, I guess I'll just save up.
When Windows 7 was launched a student deal was available (at least in the UK) where you could get it for £30. Great offer but ended a few weeks/months later. They wouldn't hand out OS's to students for free, just discounted. Not sure if you can get anything discounted now. Ask the IT guys at your college if they can get it to you cheap.
[QUOTE=MisterM;27719437]When Windows 7 was launched a student deal was available (at least in the UK) where you could get it for £30. Great offer but ended a few weeks/months later. They wouldn't hand out OS's to students for free, just discounted. Not sure if you can get anything discounted now. Ask the IT guys at your college if they can get it to you cheap.[/QUOTE] You can still get it for ~£40 here:[url]http://www.software4students.co.uk/Microsoft_Windows_7_Professional_64_bit_Upgrade_Edition-details.aspx[/url] Though it is still a upgrade version like the £30 deal. A friend of mine bough this recently and it has worked so far, they shipped it quickly apparently. Though I don't know of anything outside the UK.
Some universities will purchases bulk licenses for software like Windows and will offer them free to students. Check with the library or media center to see if they have any available. For the weeks leading up to the launch of Windows 7 my universities library was adamant that they wouldn't be getting 7 anytime soon, they even put up a big poster to stop people asking for it. So I went ahead and bought the "Professional" edition for $30 when it was on sale for students. Then next fucking week the school magically announced they had free "Ultimate" edition copies available for students. :argh:
Make friends with the IT guys and ask to use the school's technet account.
[QUOTE=MisterM;27719437]When Windows 7 was launched a student deal was available (at least in the UK) where you could get it for £30. Great offer but ended a few weeks/months later. They wouldn't hand out OS's to students for free, just discounted. Not sure if you can get anything discounted now. Ask the IT guys at your college if they can get it to you cheap.[/QUOTE] I got a copy of windows 7 for free. You just need to be with a deparment that's with the MSDNAA.
[QUOTE=ChristopherB;27719580]Some universities will purchases bulk licenses for software like Windows and will offer them free to students. Check with the library or media center to see if they have any available. For the weeks leading up to the launch of Windows 7 my universities library was adamant that they wouldn't be getting 7 anytime soon, they even put up a big poster to stop people asking for it. So I went ahead and bought the "Professional" edition for $30 when it was on sale for students. Then next fucking week the school magically announced they had free "Ultimate" edition copies available for students. :argh:[/QUOTE] Eh I guess the good part is that you got to enjoy it a week before anyone else got it.
[QUOTE=ChristopherB;27719580]Some universities will purchases bulk licenses for software like Windows and will offer them free to students. Check with the library or media center to see if they have any available. For the weeks leading up to the launch of Windows 7 my universities library was adamant that they wouldn't be getting 7 anytime soon, they even put up a big poster to stop people asking for it. So I went ahead and bought the "Professional" edition for $30 when it was on sale for students. Then next fucking week the school magically announced they had free "Ultimate" edition copies available for students. :argh:[/QUOTE] I don't know what my school did, but all CS/SWE majors got free copies of Windows 7 back in August, a few months before it even launched.
[QUOTE=.FLAP.JACK.DAN.;27721919]Eh I guess the good part is that you got to enjoy it a week before anyone else got it.[/QUOTE] A small consolation I suppose. :frown:
My major is in software engineering, but I'm still taking care of core classes right now. :frown: [editline]28th January 2011[/editline] Additionally, my college has MSDNAA stuff! Yay! Too bad I probably can't download it until I'm signed up for at least introduction to programming.
if you're enrolled at a university/college/school with an MSDNAA (or 'e-academy' for me) subscription, you can get a copy of W7 Pro for free :) in both x86 and x64 variants, seperate serial keys for both. my computer is currently running W7 x64 pro for free thanks to that program, also I've got visual studio extreme 2010 for absolutely nothing too (although i'd happily do all my work with notepad + mingw :v:)
My mom, which went back to college to become a history teacher, picked up a windows 7 ultimate 64-bit edition disc for $15. I would try to check in with your college or if your college has one, go the store the college has.
[QUOTE=hexpunK;27719570]You can still get it for ~£40 here:[url]http://www.software4students.co.uk/Microsoft_Windows_7_Professional_64_bit_Upgrade_Edition-details.aspx[/url] Though it is still a upgrade version like the £30 deal. A friend of mine bough this recently and it has worked so far, they shipped it quickly apparently. Though I don't know of anything outside the UK.[/QUOTE] Mine was an upgrade version but a little tweak changed that, was a pretty popular tweak.
What everyone else is posting. Check with your school to see if they are offering a free copy.
I'm an Aussie student and I paid for an OEM version of professional.
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