What is the difference?

[MBrown]

Is there any difference besides the price?

 

[MBrown]

 

[jkresh]

from your school or from one of the online retailers that sell to students? Your school is probably a different license, the online retailers are selling the same software as regular retailers.

 

[FreakyGuy]

Same software discounted price.

 

[Nothinman]

Is there any difference besides the price?

Compare the licenses, different schools get different EULAs from MS.

 

[Tegeril]

Academic licenses are NFR.

 

[LouPoir]

Same software

 

[tatteredpotato]

It's the same software, only at < 10% of the price.