Visual Studio Pro $224.95 at edu.com

[CEO]

It seems to be a non-student version, but you have to be student to buy from edu.com.

Link

 

[ichoi]

Uh, no, it IS the academic version. Just go to the Specifications tab on the product page and it says, "Academic Version? Yes".

 

[Boogak]

Of if you're a student in the University of Texas system, you can get alot of different MS software for $5 a disk.

 

[BenRosey]

Most large Universities in fact.

 

[junthin]

WOOHOO!! Go UT!

Gotta love public schooling!

Btw, UT sells it for $30.00 since the policy is $5.00 a CD and there's 6 CD's in there. Still a good deal!

 

[Hector13]

Where do you guys go to get it from your university?

Our university book store (UC Berkeley) sells it for like $200+!!

Are you guys getting it from your bookstores or from your CS department or what?

Thanks

BTW: do you get just the CDs or the whole academice package (ie manuals and stuff)

 

[SchizoNerd]

Go Horns!!!

 

[CEO]

ichoi You're right. Then why did they put the list price as $1079.00 ? That should be a list price for retail version. Right?

 

[TBP]

It's a special deal between UT and Microsoft (I believe there are other universities that have the similar deal). Basically you, as a UT student or employee, are entitled a free license to have the software (Office, VS, Win2K, etc.) on your computer. You don't even have to buy the disk, just copy it from any legal source (it's time to use your plextor drives).

 

[Dantzig]

Visual Studio.NET is coming soon, so I wouldn't bother purchasing this now if you don't absolutely need it.

 

[Croton]

i want to know what u guys think..

what is the difference between academic and standard version?

 

[aliu79]

my work place at ucla has a similar deal... $5 per CD, but you have to buy the license to use in order for it to be fully legal... is it like that at UT too? or does it come w/ the license for only $30?

 

[TBP]

This Microsoft deal, low tuition, and high TA/RA salary (20K+) are part of the UT's strategy to attract quality students.

 

[ingenue007]

for 30, you get the cds and the license.

hook 'em.

 

[holden j caufield]

Man you guys are lucky. Just Visual C++ at UC Irvine already runs like $60. How is UCLA getting it so low. Anyone from the U of Texas or UCLA want to help out a fellow student and anandtecher out. I'm going to have to ask some of the other CS people where I can get these for $5. Oh and how much for the license?

 

[CEO]

Croton Perhaps with academic version you are not licensed to sell your compiled software (??, anyone ?)

 

[sygyzy]

Yeah I don't understand how you guys get it so cheap. At UCSB all our software is pretty expensive too.

 

[ingenue007]

cause UT paid MS like 10 million or more to get software at such prices for students/faculty/staff.

 

[jjs1969]

ssssssssssssssssss


gig 'em

 

[BenRosey]

With the Microsoft-University Agreement you don't get any manuals or support.
But $5 for the programs justify this. Although tuition may not.

 

[misato]

Check with the CS department. At the U of Utah, they gave out MS software for free-at least to CS students. The department gave the CS students VS6 Professional, Enterprise, Windows 2000... Pretty much any MS software can be had for free if you need it. Sometimes if you attend meetings you'll get free software too. A few weeks ago, they held a "Microsoft Users Group Meeting" where they demonstrated VS.NET and beta 1 discs were given out. It guess it's part of MS's plan to dominate the world.
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The VS6 Professional I got was NON ACADEMIC and my Enterprise version should show up any day now. Another thing, if you get caught for violating the student code (i.e. selling the software on Egay ), you'll be thrown out of the CS program.

 

[aliu79]

i only get those prices through work at ucla.. as a student it's the same price as uci's

 

[loudmouth]

You would think MS would be smart enough to realize that students never buy s/w. Knowing this why would MS even attempt to sell there crap at University Bookstores. Give me a brake what student is going to pay 100-400 bucks for s/w when we can hardly afford to pay the damn tuition. MS with all the genius that work there should be doing exactly what they did at University of Texas and sell it for 5 bucks a CD. This was they at least make 4 bucks (1 dollar for handling/shipping). Stupid MS. :>