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Posted 20 November 2011
Windows 7 Professional £38.49 @ Software4Students
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This deal is expired. Here are some options that might interest you:
Large amount off the RRP, well worth the small cost for upgrading.
Plus a £1.95 transaction fee for digital download so £40.44 in total.
- chunkylover
Compatibility: Vista/XP pre-installed.
* Please note that an upgrade from Windows 7 is not possible and that this product is not compatible with MAC OS.
Format: Official DVD or Download (Product Key on back of media or emailed with download)
Installation:***Downloaded image files must be burned to a DVD.
Usage: Installation upgrade on 1 computer
Licensing Restriction:
Eligible customers allowed to buy ONE licence per Microsoft product for each eligible student.
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Plus a £1.95 transaction fee for digital download so £40.44 in total.
- chunkylover
Compatibility: Vista/XP pre-installed.
* Please note that an upgrade from Windows 7 is not possible and that this product is not compatible with MAC OS.
Format: Official DVD or Download (Product Key on back of media or emailed with download)
Installation:***Downloaded image files must be burned to a DVD.
Usage: Installation upgrade on 1 computer
Licensing Restriction:
Eligible customers allowed to buy ONE licence per Microsoft product for each eligible student.
- P089
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sorted byBut I won't be licensed to use it, so I will have just wasted £38.49 for a piece of software that, if I use, I am in breach of the user licence agreement. If I want to breach a software agreement I can do that for free!
So because it's been this price for ages that somehow negates the deal and makes it cold? Muppet
Buy an expensive 24" touch-screen monitor to replace my 24" monitor.
Use my finger to start Word.
Then go back to keyboard and mouse.
I could have just started Word in Windows 7 with the mouse anyway.
Read previous posts...!
It will have a legitimate software key though...
No problem with online updates, easy and cheaper upgrades when windows 8 comes out...Basically takes the hassle out of everything
they dont actually check you know, only on adobe products i believe and even then who doesnt know someone somewhere in education
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"No Student ID required for Microsoft Software*:As an Official Microsoft Partner, our offers extend beyond academic email address holders so that any family member or guardian can buy on behalf of a pupil or student."
Your nephew is part of your family so yes - no problem. Anyone who hasn't already upgraded to Win7 should be taking advantage of this - hot
You need an installed copy of XP or Vista on your pc. You can do a clean install when you select custom install during the installation process. I bought this 3-4 weeks ago and I know this method works.
Here:
winsupersite.com/art…dia
Done this before,all genuine and fully updatable.
Sometimes it's only certain departments that are eligible for the MSDNAA subscription (no doubt because they've paid for it!) as is the case in my uni only students from the business and computing schools were eligible, and you had to contact a certain person in the department to register manually. It was a well kept secret though, there wasn't much noise made about it, there were some dinky leaflets placed here and there and that was it.
I would either contact the IT helpdesk as they might know who you need to speak to so you can register, or maybe admin staff in your department. It tends not to be very well publicised though, so it could be a little tricky to register. But once you're in, you're in.
Hot for the price if you can get it, not so hot if you can get it for free under MSDNAA or can't stand Windows 7 (like me).
Basically you can purchase it without any checks by the company selling it, you just have to quote a college where your "family member" attends.
Also, I'd suggest you check the physical media option (ie disk not download).
Oh and you can can install it without needing any version of windows preinstalled.
What you do is, install it the first time without entering the key code (it won't accept it if it doesn't detect a previous version of windows installed anyway) then when it's working, install it again within the new windows installation and now it will accept the key code and you'll have a fully operating installation with no further problems. (this is what I did)
The average user will gain little or nothing moving from W7 Home to W7 Professional.
Ability to join a Domain (which is only really useful in a business environment), and a few other things is all you get.
The reason why is Windows 8 is due out next October which comes faster than you think.
Until then you can download the developer preview edition of windows 8 which is free and is very stable.
Any bugs get patched by Microsoft so its not like any previous beta where its buggy.
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If you're just buying it so you have a genuine sticker to look at, well, you've bought a sticker for £35.
The only way most of us can be legal is to buy the full version, which this isnt.
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A clean install formats the hard disk, an update overwrites the operating system and keeps everything else as long as you have Vista(yuk!). If you have XP you will need a spare hard disk to save everything to and restore it afterwards. It keeps a backup copy of the old operating system so you can go back if it doesn't work.
Oui
Windows 7 Pro also lacks Windows Media Centre if that matters to you. Not sure if it gets wiped out if you 'upgrade' from Home to Pro.
I wouldn't pay that. The ISOs are available directly from Microsoft and the links have appeared on numerous blogs. The links are provided by Amazon and Digital River and are static, so you can use a download manager and resume if they get interrupted. Just google for them.
The links also include the latest versions with SP1 incorporated, so useful for those who want to update their install disks.
This is definitely the latter. This is the price for this product. This was the price the last time this product was posted. And the time before that.
True, they don't even require an academic email address.
That is incorrect, it is available to anyone who has anyone in their home who is involved in education, thats primary school, secondary, or tertiary.
Link says: "All licensees' must be Qualified Education Users (i.e. students or their parents or guardians)"
No student card, student e-mail address or student id required. Just login, pick your software and checkout!