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Announcement: Windows 7 for College Students $29.99
Announcement: Windows 7 for College Students $29.99
- Hi
See the following website for the official announcement and qualification details.
Student Offer for Windows 7 - Windows 7 Team Blog
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For a limited time, we are offering the LOWEST PRICE ($29.99 in the US) for Windows 7 exclusively to college and university students. This offer is perfect for students who are not planning to buy a new PC but want to experience all the benefits that Windows 7 will provide. To learn more about the offer and to check eligibility, students should visit www.Win741.com.
Students in the US can pre-order their copy of Windows 7 in the US starting today and students in the UK can pre-order their copy beginning on September 30th (pre-ordered copies will be available for download beginning October 22nd). Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Korea and Mexico can participate in this offer on October 22nd (Windows 7 GA).
Full Terms and Conditions for this offer
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"Promotion Duration: This offer commences at 12:00AM Central Daylight Savings Time on September 15th, 2009 and all purchases must be made via the Promotion web site by 11:59AM Central Standard Time on January 3rd, 2010 at which time the offer ends."
Hope this helps.
Thank You for using Windows 7Ronnie Vernon MVP
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- Back in August I downloaded Windows 7 RC, and I now have the RC version of Windows 7 Ultimate on my computer. However, this offer is specifically for Home Premium. Is it possible to activate my RC version of Windows 7 Ultimate with this Home Premium key, or will I need to purchase a copy of the Ultimate Edition?
Back in August I downloaded Windows 7 RC, and I now have the RC version of Windows 7 Ultimate on my computer. However, this offer is specifically for Home Premium. Is it possible to activate my RC version of Windows 7 Ultimate with this Home Premium key, or will I need to purchase a copy of the Ultimate Edition?
Hi
The RC version can only be activated with a beta product key. Further, the RC starts expiring in March of 2010, this process cannot be stopped.
To keep using Windows 7, you will need to purchase a copy of Windows 7 and perform a clean install, or an In-place upgrade if you have a qualifying version of Windows Vista installed.
The Student offer includes Windows 7 Home Premium or Windows 7 Professional. It comes with a Retail Upgrade Product Key that can only be used to activate an upgrade copy of the specific version that you purchase.
Hope this helps.
Thank You for using Windows 7Ronnie Vernon MVP
- I would definitely use that option if it was available in Finland. My RC-eval will end in few months and I need to figure out what to do next. Why isnt this student-option available in European countries?
Too bad. - Hi
It is available in some European countries. From the first link I posted.
Students in the US can pre-order their copy of Windows 7 in the US starting today and students in the UK can pre-order their copy beginning on September 30th (pre-ordered copies will be available for download beginning October 22nd). Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Korea and Mexico can participate in this offer on October 22nd (Windows 7 GA).
I'm not sure what determines where these offers are will be available. You might want to keep an eye on that website, they could expand the list of countries and this promotion will be going on until at least the first part of January 2010.
Hope this helps.
Thank You for using Windows 7Ronnie Vernon MVP
- And what if my computer is running Windos XP? This offer is an upgrade, and I won't be able to install Windows 7 upgrade from XP. Do you guys really believe that all students have Vista on their computers?
And what if my computer is running Windos XP? This offer is an upgrade, and I won't be able to install Windows 7 upgrade from XP. Do you guys really believe that all students have Vista on their computers?
Hi
Windows XP is a qualifying version of Windows taht allows you to use the upgrade version of Windows 7.
You will need to back up all of the important files and perform a Custom (clean) install.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
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Ronnie Vernon MVP- Is this sale gonna be available for other countries?For example for Turkey etc...?
NT Is this sale gonna be available for other countries?For example for Turkey etc...?
NT
Hi NT
Please see the links in my first post.
Thanks,
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Ronnie Vernon MVP- Hi, I just wanted to enquire about the Windows 7 student offer.
I've read through the FAQ's and Terms of Service, and still have a few questions:
- Does the purchase allow me to install Windows 7 Professional 64-bit Edition on a computer currently running Vista Home Premium 32-bit? I understand that there is no "In-place" upgrade, but upon reading the TOS I noticed that the download was called a "Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Upgrade". I just want to make sure that this "upgrade" version will allow me to clean install windows 7 on my pc.
FYI, the version of Vista I have installed currently came pre-installed with no disc, and I was not given an activation code; will this affect the scenario outlined above?
- Will the version purchased through this offer be available to download again if, say, my computer died and the only solution was to reinstall windows from the disc? Would I have to buy the backup DVD for an additional £9? If so, would this disc come with Windows 7 64-bit and 32-bit like the retail version in case I decided to switch?
Ok, that's all I can think of at the moment; thanks for reading and I hope to hear from you soon (so I can go and hopefully take advantage of this great offer!). - Hi Joe
I see you have already been helped in your other thread.
Enjoy Windows 7. :)
Regards,
Thank You for using Windows 7Ronnie Vernon MVP
- Hi Ronnie,Forgive me if this issue has already been assessed, but I was wondering if I was qualified for the $30 upgrade using my Macbook Pro? Using Mac's Bootcamp utility, I have set up a dual partition with my laptop and I have Windows 7 RC installed as my Windows partition. I have no other version of Windows on my Mac aside from the RC, so would I still qualify for this $30 upgrade? Thanks in advance, I look forward to enjoying more of Windows 7!
- You know if you can sell it to students for this price, there should be a way to sell it Seniors for the same price 65 and older
- Just to prepare everyone, I ordered a Windows 7 DVD and did not get it until yesterday, November 13th! Digital River has some major issues.
