Windows Vista Ultimate ACADEMIC OR STUDENT?

[orion23]

Hi!

Will Microsoft make Vista available under the usual Academic or Student package available for XP?

 

[stash]

I don't think Ultimate will be available, since I think Academic or Student are volume license only. So that would most likely mean Business.

 

[insomnio]

My university gave it out. We only got Enterprise.

 

[postmortemIA]

Here's link for business

ISO Image 2.6GB Windows Vista Business Edition (final)
linky link

 

[ForumMaster]

Originally posted by: postmortemIA
Here's link for business

ISO Image 2.6GB Windows Vista Business Edition (final)
linky link

yeah but no everyone has a yale username/pass.

getting back on topic, MS won't license Ultimate like so. maybe the Enterprise version. you also can't upgrade to Ultimate from windows XP.

 

[imported_OrSin]

Microsoft created the different formats to stop pirating. Thye know everyone wants Ultimate and if not Premium. But these will never be released for any type of Volume licencing. Thye know 80% of the pirated software before used the VLK to get around it.
Sorry but this time we might actually have to buy vista. I know I'm pissed I have to lol.

 

[stash]

Microsoft created the different formats to stop pirating. Thye know everyone wants Ultimate and if not Premium. But these will never be released for any type of Volume licencing. Thye know 80% of the pirated software before used the VLK to get around it.

Volume Licensing requires activation now too, so that point isn't really valid.

 

[Nocturnal]

Yup even VLK requires activation ever 180 days. They're catching up. I plan on buying Vista.

 

[GimpyFuzznut]

Well I'm not trying to promote piracy, but you can already find Vista Ultimate floating around the net - yes, its the full RTM version and yes it works. And no, before you crazy pirate-hunters come out, it will not give you a computer destroying virus that will also transmit to humans and cause death by diarrhea.

 

[orion23]

All the PC's in the family run Legit copies of XP Media Center Edition 2005.

I'm just looking for the cheapest upgrade path towards Vista!

 

[imported_OrSin]

Originally posted by: stash

Microsoft created the different formats to stop pirating. Thye know everyone wants Ultimate and if not Premium. But these will never be released for any type of Volume licencing. Thye know 80% of the pirated software before used the VLK to get around it.

Volume Licensing requires activation now too, so that point isn't really valid.

The point is most of the easy hacks are for VL. The hacks for Ultimate are easily broken by MS in any update. The ones people want they can't get easy and that is the point.

 

[stash]

The point is most of the easy hacks are for VL

I have yet to see a real hack for VL 2.0. An ISO of a KMS server is not a real hack.