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Geek Culture / STUDENTS: Windows 7 discount for.. £/$30!!!

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El Goorf
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Posted: 17th Sep 2009 20:50 Edited at: 17th Sep 2009 20:55
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Thats right, from October 1st you will be able to pre-order windows 7, and from October 22nd you will be able to download it.

..For £30 or $30 depending where you live..

UK: http://www.microsoft.com/uk/windows/studentoffer/default.aspx

USA: http://www.win741.com/

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BearCDP
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Posted: 17th Sep 2009 21:26
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That's amazing!

I wonder if we can get the upgrade price for Professional with the product key you get from this deal
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RedneckRambo
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Posted: 17th Sep 2009 22:22
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Wow that really is awesome. I may have to pick up a copy of windows 7 now.

Great find.

Signature's are stupid.
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Posted: 17th Sep 2009 22:47
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It's cheaper in America?
Meh.

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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 17th Sep 2009 22:49
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EVERYTHING is cheaper in America.

Or haven't you noticed?

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puppyofkosh
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Posted: 17th Sep 2009 22:57
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Only college students? Damn
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Sid Sinister
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Posted: 17th Sep 2009 23:00
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SCORE. Thank you for posting this!

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Posted: 17th Sep 2009 23:07
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Quote: "EVERYTHING is cheaper in America.

Or haven't you noticed?"

Never been. I probably should.

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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 17th Sep 2009 23:10
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I've never been to America either but you don't have to look too hard on the internet to see this despicable relabelling from dollars to pounds everywhere.

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Satchmo
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Posted: 17th Sep 2009 23:48 Edited at: 17th Sep 2009 23:48
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Don't like it? Move.

Good find.

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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 17th Sep 2009 23:50 Edited at: 17th Sep 2009 23:51
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I plan to.

It's still pretty darn good value either way. I'm a college student but I don't have the email address this requires. Probably because my college uses Macs.

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ionstream
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Posted: 17th Sep 2009 23:59
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As a Computer Science student, I get Windows 7 for free. Just thought I'd brag.

Bam!

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David R
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Posted: 18th Sep 2009 00:07 Edited at: 18th Sep 2009 00:07
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£30? Not even worth that. Pass.

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Venge
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Posted: 18th Sep 2009 00:39
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There is also the free Vista-to-7 upgrade deal that some PC manufacturers have now. Too bad mine doesn't seem to be eligible (Dell XPS M1730). Oh well, I think I can afford $30. Question though: Is the October 1 thing only for the UK? Because I signed up on the US site and seem to be able to order it now.

The average smoker spends $1500 per year on cigarettes. That amount of money could feed 16 impoverished third-world children for an entire year.

Enjoy your cancer.
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Jeku
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Posted: 18th Sep 2009 02:09
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Quote: "£30? Not even worth that. Pass."


I got it for free from TechNet, which was definitely worth it

And I would pay 30 pounds for it if I had to (I'm too lazy to figure out how to do the pound symbol on this keyboard).


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Toasty Fresh
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Posted: 18th Sep 2009 03:27
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So, can you buy this for 30 USD in, say, Australia? Or is it limited to these two countries?
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Sid Sinister
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Posted: 18th Sep 2009 04:05
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Just bought it. Great deal! If you read the fine print it said this:

Quote: "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 "


Yet there was only an option for Home Premium... wonder what that's about?

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El Goorf
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Posted: 18th Sep 2009 09:56
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Quote: "So, can you buy this for 30 USD in, say, Australia? Or is it limited to these two countries? "


i dunno, google it

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Uncle Sam
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Posted: 20th Sep 2009 10:09
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Hmm....considering this....

So, since it's a download, could I burn it to a DVD to save it for backup purposes? Because I don't want to spend $13 extra just to get a backup disc when I could make one myself.

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dab
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Posted: 20th Sep 2009 10:28 Edited at: 20th Sep 2009 10:33
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Wow I think I need to go get an email from my College! That is really a sweet deal.

Is it an upgrade only thing? Or is it a full installation thing?

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Venge
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Posted: 20th Sep 2009 16:30
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I'm pretty sure it's just an upgrade.

The average smoker spends $1500 per year on cigarettes. That amount of money could feed 16 impoverished third-world children for an entire year.

Enjoy your cancer.
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El Goorf
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Posted: 20th Sep 2009 23:14
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so who else is using the opportunity for a hardware upgrade? getting new cpu, mobo and ram. i want to make the upgrade now, but since im on RAID, changing motherboard will cause a hastle (but need it for new cpu and ram), hence waiting till win7 comes out as i have to reinstall anyways..

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Peter H
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Posted: 21st Sep 2009 05:49 Edited at: 21st Sep 2009 05:49
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meh, i've been running 7 ultimate for over a month now... o_O

[edit] and no not the gay RC or beta.

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Uncle Sam
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Posted: 21st Sep 2009 06:57
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Quote: "[edit] and no not the gay RC or beta."


The RC is sweet.

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