Windows 7 Home Premium or Professional - £30 for UK Students

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  Greg1362 years, 8 months agoShow comment toolsReply #1

  Direct link?
  
  EDIT: Sorry, just realised it's not available yet. Voted hot though
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  tallpete332 years, 8 months agoShow comment toolsReply #2

  You will need "a PC that is currently running a genuine copy of Windows Vista or Windows XP and can run Windows 7."
  
  So it's the upgrade, not the full package ?
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  robot10002 years, 8 months agoShow comment toolsReply #3

  I think this should be removed and reposted nearer the time
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  Blender2 years, 8 months agoShow comment toolsReply #4

  tallpete33

  You will need "a PC that is currently running a genuine copy of Windows Vista or Windows XP and can run Windows 7."
  
  So it's the upgrade, not the full package ?

  
  
  Sorry i dont really know alot about this, but whats the difference between the upgrade and the full package?
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  pet20002 years, 8 months agoShow comment toolsReply #5

  As I have said before, MS will eventually give this away free because it is not a new version, just a tweaked upgrade of Vista. I pity the people who rush to buy Windows 7 now. MS marketing is obviously working though.
  
  Save your pounds for a good night out instead.
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  NobbyB2 years, 8 months agoShow comment toolsReply #6

  Blender

  Sorry i dont really know alot about this, but whats the difference between the upgrade and the full package?

  
  
  To upgrade you must already have windows on your PC. The full package can be put on a PC with no operating system.
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  monkeybrains2 years, 8 months agoShow comment toolsReply #7

  here come the bitter posts by all the people that bought vista from tesco for £44 last week
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  realblender2 years, 8 months agoShow comment toolsReply #8

  robot1000

  I think this should be removed and reposted nearer the time

  
  
  no way... its going to influence someones decision to preorder... its not like there isnt enough junk here
  
  
  I'd get the £ 45 full version. then you will have flexibility if you upgrade your hardware or change computers. However, if its a long term offer, then its a reason not to buy windows 7 in these cheap times
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  jdmoyers2 years, 8 months agoShow comment toolsReply #9

  pet2000

  As I have said before, MS will eventually give this away free because it is not a new version, just a tweaked upgrade of Vista. I pity the people who rush to buy Windows 7 now. MS marketing is obviously working though.
  
  Save your pounds for a good night out instead.

  
  
  What a ridiculous thing to say. Microsoft will not give this away free (why would they?) and the price increases are not far away. Perhaps it will come back down again in the future but even then you may as well have got it to start with when they were at their cheapest.
  
  They have been doing these discounted deals for people with educational email addresses for a while now. Vista was available cheap some time ago, and 7 will no doubt be subject to the same deals for quite a long time so there may not be a need to rush out and get this deal. The education discounts typically only applied to the udgrade versions however so IMO the £45 retail was a much better deal.
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  fitnessman2 years, 8 months agoShow comment toolsReply #10

  +1 ms is not in the habit of giving things away for free
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  jay_leeds2 years, 8 months agoShow comment toolsReply #11

  some one find me a student lol
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  J400uk2 years, 8 months agoShow comment toolsReply #12

  Great deal, voted hot. Will be sure to order this.
  
  Were is the info on the deal from?
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  shadowdogg2 years, 8 months agoShow comment toolsReply #13

  MSDN - free...
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  jdmoyers2 years, 8 months agoShow comment toolsReply #14

  Oh it's also probably worth mentioning that they did it for Vista it was for a digital download. Then to get an actual disc it costs an additional £9. Not sure if its going to be the same situation but worth considering.
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  sly200sx2 years, 8 months agoShow comment toolsReply #15

  How does the OP know of this? Any links to this info ?
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  robot10002 years, 8 months agoShow comment toolsReply #16

  realblender

  no way... its going to influence someones decision to preorder... its not like there isnt enough junk here
  
  
  I'd get the £ 45 full version. then you will have flexibility if you upgrade your hardware or change computers. However, if its a long term offer, then its a reason not to buy windows 7 in these cheap times

  
  1) It won't appear on the Hottest bar
  2) Preorders can be cancelled anyway
  
  Those are the reasons for my suggestions
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  GAVtheRAV2 years, 8 months ago1 LikeShow comment toolsReply #17

  pet2000

  As I have said before, MS will eventually give this away free because it is not a new version, just a tweaked upgrade of Vista. I pity the people who rush to buy Windows 7 now. MS marketing is obviously working though.
  
  Save your pounds for a good night out instead.

  
  
  Yes and I had heard that Microsoft decided to go open source and release all their software under GNU GPL :giggle:
  
  7 is more than just a tweaked upgrade of Vista. They've done a lot of work to the underlying kernel and the software running in the OS (hence the less annoying UAC and lower memory usage).
  As a user of the Release Candidate I would suggest anyone using Vista at the moment should upgrade.
  
  BTW if you're a Computing student at a university, chances are you can get a free version of Windows 7 Professional through a MSDNAA licence
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  Spriggan2 years, 8 months agoShow comment toolsReply #18

  jay_leeds;6317302

  some one find me a student lol

  
  
  Freshers week!:thumbsup:
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  homertay2 years, 8 months agoShow comment toolsReply #19

  nice find - thanks!
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  Emera1d2 years, 8 months agoShow comment toolsReply #20

  YAY!! I'm a 'mature' student, so I will be snaffling one of these up in October
  
  Thanks OP Heat + Rep

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