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Windows 7 - $30 For Students
- maxwin 17y agoI have a Mac. So can i install the Windows 7 Upgrade? Does "Upgrade" means that i need to have a windows in order to install it ? or it doesn't matter?
- staunch 17y agoIt appears to be an upgrade version for $30.
- steverb 17y agoI don't get that from the site: http://drh.img.digitalriver.com/store/mswpus/ContentTheme/pbPage.Terms http://drh.img.digitalriver.com/store/mswpus/ContentTheme/pb... I could be wrong though. They do tell you to run the upgrade checker to insure that your computer will handle Windows 7.
- staunch 17y agoIt's possible they're being intentionally misleading about it. Top left of the image says "Upgrade": http://drh.img.digitalriver.com/DRHM/Storefront/Site/mswpus/cm/images/product-hero.png http://drh.img.digitalriver.com/DRHM/Storefront/Site/mswpus/... I'm still not 100% sure though. It's very confusing.
- weaksauce 17y agoI would assume that it would spell it out in the first section of the eula by appending an upgrade: Program Description: Eligible students are allowed to purchase one license of the product below: 1. Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium OR 2. Microsoft® Windows 7 Professional
- krschultz 17y agoThis makes it even less clear for me because it appears you can use the upgrade version on a clean system: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Installing-and-reinstalling-Windows http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Installing-and-r...
- zitterbewegung 17y agoMy school (UIC) is a part of msdnaa so we get windows 7 for free.
- cdr 17y agoIf your university doesn't have MSDNAA - and almost any decent CompSci/IT/etc dept should have it - you can get MSDNAA through IEEE. I don't think there's any program requirement for IEEE other than being a current student. IEEE student membership for one year is $15. MSDNAA comes with multiple copies of every version of Windows, Visual Studio, and all sorts of other pricey MS software,
- silencio 17y agoBoth ACM and IEEE student memberships come with MSDNAA access. The selection they have is larger than I've seen with three different universities' MSDNAA for CS students, although maybe not always that useful.
- Ras_ 17y agoACM offers Win 7 Professional (RTM) no more. It was pulled this week after a huge growth spike of people joining and going after several Win 7 licences.
- maxer 17y agooverpriced
- mrshoe 17y agoAh, but this is the Home Premium edition. If I could navigate their maze of feature matrices maybe I'd know if that does what I need.
- bmelton 17y agoUnless you're running an Active Directory domain, more than likely. And really, this isn't that confusing. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/compare-editions/default.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/compare-editions/...
- miracle 17y agoIf your startup participates in Microsoft Bizspark, you can use every Microsoft software for free for 3 years.
- heyitsnick 17y agoI never knew that exists. Thank you very much for this.
- patio11 17y agoIt is of little interest to me because I have never used the Microsoft stack, but if your startup does, Bizspark is the deal of the century and comes highly recommended by some of my developer friends.
- crcoffey 17y agoI realise this is new news, But any hope for students outside the US? Really enjoying W7.RC at the moment, Would be great on my budget to be able to do it this way.
- Kaizyn 17y agoThe site FAQ says that they're going to make the offer available in other countries as well.
- rbanffy 17y agoKids: Never trust the guy who offers you free candy.