• Windows 7 for £30/$30 for students.
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[release]Microsoft is offering Windows 7 upgrades to students for only £30. The special offer runs until 3 January 2010, and entitles any student with a higher-education email address to purchase an upgrade copy of either Windows 7 Home Premium, or Windows 7 Professional. Bizarrely, the software giant is offering both versions for exactly the same price, despite the fact that Professional offers additional features including remote desktop working. One potential sticking point is that Microsoft is only offering download copies, which could cause problems for students trying to download the 3GB file on throttled broadband connections, or those with severe download caps. Copies are restricted to one download per email address, and students will need to register at Microsoft's special offer website. The site will start taking pre-orders on 1 October. Windows 7 will be available on 22 October, though whether anybody will be able to download it that day given the massive strain on the servers, is anybody's guess.[/release] [url="http://www.microsoft.com/uk/education/studentoffer/"]UK[/url] [url="http://windows7.digitalriver.com/store/mswpus/en_US/DisplayHomePage?resid=oGD59goHAiwAABO1egAAAAAX&rests=1256144318621"]US[/url] You only need a school adress, I registered it on a .notts.sch.uk domain.Not sure about the american offer.
Meh.. Want to buy Windows 7 but I'm just a school student and i don't have a lot money.
very late, this has been posted multiple times
Ooh I have an ac.uk address. I'm guessing the upgrade version means you have to have vista installed first?
[img_thumb]http://www.facepunch.com/fp/rating/clock.png[/img_thumb] I registered for this before finding out my Uni has MSDN AA anyway so I got it for free.
[QUOTE=toxicpiano;17945042]Ooh I have an ac.uk address. I'm guessing the upgrade version means you have to have vista installed first?[/QUOTE] No, you can clean install with it.
If I were to get Professional it whines about having to have a clean install. I'm on XP Pro now, so does this mean I cannot upgrade? The MS site for some reason results in a 404 when I click on FAQ.
[QUOTE=runtime;17945613]If I were to get Professional it whines about having to have a clean install. I'm on XP Pro now, so does this mean I cannot upgrade? The MS site for some reason results in a 404 when I click on FAQ.[/QUOTE] You cannot do an upgrade from XP to Windows 7, not that you'd want to anyway. Just back up your data and then do the clean install.
Fuck, I have a sch.uk address and I forgot the login to it :(
I've had the link to buy this for a while, but the fact it's a Upgrade disk is pissing me off as if I remember correctly, it will invalidate my Vista install (which I really cannot afford to do, I may have to hand this PC down to my brother when I get one, and I don't think I'll have the money for a OS :v:). Unless it can upgrade from the RC (which I have seen done through dumping the disk on your drive and modifying a file or something). Oh and the UK offer allows for a disk to be sent out, not just limited to download.
Higher education, including A Levels I hope. Gonna see what my school email is tomorrow and get me that bargain.
[QUOTE=hexpunK;17946302]I've had the link to buy this for a while, but the fact it's a Upgrade disk is pissing me off as if I remember correctly, it will invalidate my Vista install (which I really cannot afford to do, I may have to hand this PC down to my brother when I get one, and I don't think I'll have the money for a OS :v:). Unless it can upgrade from the RC (which I have seen done through dumping the disk on your drive and modifying a file or something). Oh and the UK offer allows for a disk to be sent out, not just limited to download.[/QUOTE] I don't think upgrading to 7 will invalidate your Vista key.
One of my family members is a teacher at a uni, she's got a .ac.uk account... We're getting it soon
ive already taken advantage of this offer i used my De Montfort University email address will it be ready to download straight at midnight tonight?
[QUOTE=mak364;17948248]ive already taken advantage of this offer i used my De Montfort University email address will it be ready to download straight at midnight tonight?[/QUOTE] I ordered a copy of home premium and pro, just got the emails now you can dl now.
[QUOTE=SirDigby;17949995]I ordered a copy of home premium and pro, just got the emails now you can dl now.[/QUOTE] Damn, not available for me yet.
I'm curious. Is it an ISO download? How does it work? I'm going to upgrade, but it says only one download per email (so I am curious on what you download exactly).
[QUOTE=Edthefirst;17952686]I'm curious. Is it an ISO download? How does it work? I'm going to upgrade, but it says only one download per email (so I curious on what you download exactly).[/QUOTE] You get a .iso, or for ten bucks more (around there) they will mail you a disc.
I bought it before I learnt of this deal :( It's next to me right now and I'm weeping £30 worth of regret :( And the 6th form I attend doesn't count as a college :rage:
Just found out about this today in college, basically, the teacher that came into the class to showcase it and our networking teacher were both spiraling out of control in a nerd gazm over the price.
I'm downloading it now! Only 5 hours to go. :(
Dling now, hurrah!
[QUOTE=Bl4ckDmon;17957746]Just found out about this today in college, basically, the teacher that came into the class to showcase it and our networking teacher were both spiraling out of control in a nerd gazm over the price.[/QUOTE] Wait until they see the price of Linux. :smug: [editline]11:14AM[/editline] Also, UK get jipped again. 30GBP != 30USD.
How come only UK and US residents gets this? Are there only 2 countries in the whole word? Seriously, not cool. :frown:
[QUOTE=Crembo;17958581]How come only UK and US residents gets this? Are there only 2 countries in the whole word? Seriously, not cool. :frown:[/QUOTE] Saw in an article that the rest of the world will eventually get the same deal. [editline]11:33AM[/editline] Just the two most important >_>
Is this available in Germany too? I can't find it.
Will probably never be available for Estonia :saddowns:
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;17958549]Also, UK get jipped again. 30GBP != 30USD.[/QUOTE] Like everything else in this country then? :frown: [QUOTE=NotMeh;17959016]Will probably never be available for Estonia :saddowns:[/QUOTE] Maybe Windows {10}.
Check if your university is registered with MSDN AA first, if so you can get XP, Vista and 7 all free plus a bunch of other stuff.
By student does that only mean College, or does being a high school student count too?
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