Microsoft has taken the wraps off an amazing offer for UK and US students today.Students in the UK and US with a valid email address (an email address given by the college or university, e.g. name@leeds.ac.uk) will be able to purchase Windows 7 Home Premium or Windows 7 Professional (upgrade versions) for £30 and $30 respectively. The offer will run until 3 January 2010 when the prices will revert to normal.
Microsoft confirmed the offer in an email to Neowin, "students will benefit from many of Windows 7's unique functions and applications which make PC's easier, simpler and more fun to use. For those students who have the latest laptops with touch screen technology, Windows 7 comes with enhanced capabilities for an enriched touch experience, allowing a more direct and natural way to work – it's also perfect for netbooks. Other features include remote media streaming, improved gaming experience, enhanced security and integration of Windows Media Centre for more central and convenient management of music, movies and photos."
To take part in this offer please see more information at the Windows UK Student Offer site or the Windows US Student Offer site.
Update: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Korea and Mexico will also have similar offers but exact pricing varies by market. Details will follow.
I wonder if they'll extend this worldwide?
I'll be selling the two copies of Home Premium I bought at £45 then
I might as well go for Professional right?
Same here at the University of Minnesota but they also added 32bit and 64bit chinese giving us two more serials! You can use those serials on the english version, too!
64 bit edition won't be arriving for a few more days
Although it's an upgrade disc, I'm going to see if I can make it pull a clean install
This!
so still a rip off!
so still a rip off!
True, but not as bad as it could be.
does that mean i cant get it? since my computer is running windows 7 RC1, and i built it myself without an OS.
does that mean i cant get it? since my computer is running windows 7 RC1, and i built it myself without an OS.
theyre not very clear about this, i dont want to be buying that thinking its a full copy to be presented a disk thats useless untill i install vista.
Upgrade copies are so damn annoying. I remember this in the XP days, when I had to install another OS, before I could install XP, because I got a new hdd. Why does Microsoft restrict people who actually buy their OS so much.
Apple sells upgrade copies of Snow Leopard as well, don't they?
Yes, but it's an upgrade LICENSE. I was able to install Snow Leopard without an OS on my Mac, and since I have a Leopard license I was able to install without upgrading
Anyway most big schools here have a contract with MS and provide Microsoft softwares for free to their students.
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Anyway most big schools here have a contract with MS and provide Microsoft softwares for free to their students.
WTF... some people really just see what they want to see don't they?? HOW THE HELL have u made the assumption lol.
I say that because of this line 'a PC that is currently running a genuine copy of Windows Vista or Windows XP and can run Windows 7.' and the fact that at £30 it seems a little cheap for a full version.
please?
I though the pre-order specials are upgrade medias
Shame I can't take my copy of Vista into a store, pay the upgrade price and come out with a new copy of Win 7.
When you click the link, it gives you the option for the professional version at the same price.
When you click the link, it gives you the option for the professional version at the same price.
Thank you very much
whats the differences between home premium and pro?
Should be a link that says "Need to join your school's network domain? Click here" at the bottom.
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Do i need to have vista installed in order to upgrade? i wouldnt want to fill my system with not needed stuff from vista.
Do i need to have vista installed in order to upgrade? i wouldnt want to fill my system with not needed stuff from vista.
You can have it format your computer if you want to.
Do i need to have vista installed in order to upgrade? i wouldnt want to fill my system with not needed stuff from vista.
You can have it format your computer if you want to.
any way to skip the vista installation?
I can't believe I am reading all that whining.
£30 is cheap, plus probably £8 for P&P, £38 for a full version of Windows 7 Professional?
I am glad my fiancée is doing her Doctorate pre course (educational enquiry), which means she has a qualifying academic email address.
Last edited by tuxplorer on 18 Sep 2009 - 06:04
Is it really so stupid you have to install the upgrade-qualifying OS first, then proceed with the proper upgrade (in this case: install Vista and then Win7 upg.)?
My experience with other software (Autodesk's for example) is that when you install an upgrade the installer asks you for the serial number of the software you're upgrading from to check if you're eligible.
This process below worked with XP upgrade media; I see no reason for things to have changed since then.
Start up the computer with the disc (as you do with full version), then during the process, setup will ask you to insert the installation disc for a previous version of Windows. At this point, insert your Vista/XP full install disc, and let setup verify. It will then spit the disc back out and you can proceed with the rest of the installation. Voila, you get a blank slate, without needing to go through two Windows setups.
I know I would...
Where does it say it's an upgrade edition, I don't see it written on the UK website?
The website says:
"only eligible to college and university students with a valid .EDU email address (an email address given by the college or university, for example: Suzanne@leeds.ac.uk ), a PC that is currently running a genuine copy of Windows Vista or Windows XP and can run Windows 7."
This is what the upgrade version is, the install requires that you have a previous Windows version... Vista or XP
http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/09/17/m...r-30?cid=893080
http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/09/17/m...r-30?cid=893080
could he tell us if we could insert our vista cdkey and install 7 without vista installed at all?
http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/09/17/m...r-30?cid=893080
could he tell us if we could insert our vista cdkey and install 7 without vista installed at all?
No... Microsoft's upgrades either ask for the previous version's media or require it be installed already.
http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/09/17/m...r-30?cid=893080
could he tell us if we could insert our vista cdkey and install 7 without vista installed at all?
No... Microsoft's upgrades either ask for the previous version's media or require it be installed already.
the media is obsolete here though, as the verification is down to the key and not to the disc in the drive.
if i can put my vista key from a clean install its ok. the installing vista first part is what is bothering me.
http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/09/17/m...r-30?cid=893080
could he tell us if we could insert our vista cdkey and install 7 without vista installed at all?
No... Microsoft's upgrades either ask for the previous version's media or require it be installed already.
but that means i could have a copy of vista (with a not legit key) and i could install it just fine
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Hopefully the site will be up soon though
I found that I cannot install Vista gold-master on my PC without removing a troublesome internal device. SP1 and SP2 install fine. However, if all I had was gold-master media, it would make an annoying reinstall doubly awkward.
Last edited by ratstail on 22 Sep 2009 - 23:21
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