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Windows XP Professional CHEAP!

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Originally posted by: cubby1223
Originally posted by: RDMustang1
Legally you're allowed to use a student version of Windows during the time you are a student. The day you graduate you are required by law to remove Windows from your computer or purchase a non-student license.
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*sigh* I read through the licensing agreements that came with my university's free copy of XP (though likely fully paid by me through tuition), and it clearly stated that copy is ours forever, and legally usable even when we graduate & leave the university.


And this Newegg Academic price has been the price ever since XP was first out, not really some great deal. Just watch out for the internet companies selling individual COAs for $70 each - that I know is not legal to use.
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same for me, they sent us an update email with what software was available and they said all programs are ours to keep forever 🙂
 
i thought a full oem version license is $50. Just need to buy with hardware that's all, or get it on ebay and buy hardware separately. It doesn't make sense to pay more for a student upgrade version, when the full (oem) version costs less.
 
"More surprising is how a much of moron you'd have to be to call it a hot deal."
okay, that's a bit too negative. i will remember 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Pr0d1gy
Upgrade version meaning it isn't a complete OS, just something to add onto XP?
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Upgrade means you must have an install CD of a previous version of windows.
 
Originally posted by: RDMustang1
This is always funny to me.

Legally you're allowed to use a student version of Windows during the time you are a student. The day you graduate you are required by law to remove Windows from your computer or purchase a non-student license.

The funny part is how people try to get cheap copies of Windows but scoff at those that have illegal copies when in reality both parties are breaking the law since the people who purchase student copies don't delete the software when they graduate (at least most don't).

If you really want to abide by the law then purchase a normal version of Windows. If you choose to run Windows then you should have a legal copy!
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If you go for the usual "four years". the NEXT o/s from M$ will (probably) be out by the time you graduate. 😉

Certainly if you do a little graduate work . . .
:roll:

Students, take advantage of the cheap SW deals.

😀

(some colleges allow you to keep your SW after you graduate . . . that's some advantage you get for your $25K a year. 😛
 
Originally posted by: RDMustang1
This is always funny to me.

Legally you're allowed to use a student version of Windows during the time you are a student. The day you graduate you are required by law to remove Windows from your computer or purchase a non-student license.

The funny part is how people try to get cheap copies of Windows but scoff at those that have illegal copies when in reality both parties are breaking the law since the people who purchase student copies don't delete the software when they graduate (at least most don't).

If you really want to abide by the law then purchase a normal version of Windows. If you choose to run Windows then you should have a legal copy!
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If you are referring to the copies of XP that are given to students by the University, then I agree. The "Academic" version that is sold on Newegg however, is available to students and those in the educational field (teachers, faculty, ect.) for a special price, simple as that. Physically, the only difference betweent the Academic and the Retail version is a sticker on the box. There is nothing inside the box, or in the licence agreement to differenciate them. To purchase from New Egg, you do need to give them your student/faculty ID infomation on the website to qualify.

Also of note, this "Upgrade" version can be used to do a clean install on a new drive provided you have a copy of a Windows98 or above install disk.
 
I installed my academic version from Newegg with a Windows 95 upgrade disk, as that was the first thing I could find when it asked for it.

When you click to order it, it will ask for your school and student ID number. You need to be a teacher, college student, or homeschooler, and not a student in a primary or secondary school. I recommend home-schooling, as you can then have any student ID number you like.

So long as you fill in all the blanks, I suspect Newegg will sell it to you. I kinda doubt they review what goes in those blanks.
 
Originally posted by: tfinch2
Originally posted by: IBUYCHEAP
Originally posted by: tfinch2
Originally posted by: Steelerz37
Originally posted by: homercles337
Originally posted by: tfinch2
I thought you had to be a student to purchase it, and even if you are a student you could get it cheaper from your university. I got XP Pro w/SP2 for 11 dollars from mine.
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Yep got my XPpro sp2 for $6! Hows that for cheap?
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My school gives the compsci majors free copies of XP Pro, Sever 2003, and a bunch of other stuff 🙂 of course they are still just copies, not nice stamped discs though
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Same here, I just paid the 11 for the nice stamped copy though.
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Did you guys get the license stickers with that?
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I did, that's why I paid the 11 extra dollars.
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Originally posted by: RDMustang1
This is always funny to me.

Legally you're allowed to use a student version of Windows during the time you are a student. The day you graduate you are required by law to remove Windows from your computer or purchase a non-student license.

The funny part is how people try to get cheap copies of Windows but scoff at those that have illegal copies when in reality both parties are breaking the law since the people who purchase student copies don't delete the software when they graduate (at least most don't).

If you really want to abide by the law then purchase a normal version of Windows. If you choose to run Windows then you should have a legal copy!
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yeah I know of schools and businesses using their resource kits for production and mass-deployment. This are the groups that love to wave the anti-piracy flags :roll:


 
Originally posted by: RDMustang1
This is always funny to me.

Legally you're allowed to use a student version of Windows during the time you are a student. The day you graduate you are required by law to remove Windows from your computer or purchase a non-student license.

The funny part is how people try to get cheap copies of Windows but scoff at those that have illegal copies when in reality both parties are breaking the law since the people who purchase student copies don't delete the software when they graduate (at least most don't).

If you really want to abide by the law then purchase a normal version of Windows. If you choose to run Windows then you should have a legal copy!
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It completely depends on whether or not the agreement is for the school to be selling permanent OS licenses at a "student discount", or whether the school only has a site-license agreement with MS, and the students are paying for "media only" in order to use the schools site-licensed version of the OS on their personal computers. I've seen it done both ways.
 
$155 here for Windows XP, OfficeXP (or Office2003), and Studio .NET Pro. Crappy. Ohio State sucks from top to bottom.

Last year, at Toledo, they had WindowsXP and OfficeXP for $15 each. Or maybe that was total.

In undergrad, Michigan had Office for $42 and Windows for free (all versions).

I am kicking myself now for not buying that OfficeXP for $15 last year. I have my own copy of OfficeXP that I purchased, with the CD Key, but my disk was destroyed by friggin baggage handlers. And NONE of my friends have OfficeXP (which makes me wonder how they write all their papers...). I have been checking eBay religiously, trying to find OfficeXP cheap so I can install it (I hate StarOffice). But it doesn't seem to end for under $90, and for that price, I might as well just buy the $155 ripoff special at OSU.
 
Originally posted by: twharry
$155 here for Windows XP, OfficeXP (or Office2003), and Studio .NET Pro. Crappy. Ohio State sucks from top to bottom.

Last year, at Toledo, they had WindowsXP and OfficeXP for $15 each. Or maybe that was total.

In undergrad, Michigan had Office for $42 and Windows for free (all versions).

I am kicking myself now for not buying that OfficeXP for $15 last year. I have my own copy of OfficeXP that I purchased, with the CD Key, but my disk was destroyed by friggin baggage handlers. And NONE of my friends have OfficeXP (which makes me wonder how they write all their papers...). I have been checking eBay religiously, trying to find OfficeXP cheap so I can install it (I hate StarOffice). But it doesn't seem to end for under $90, and for that price, I might as well just buy the $155 ripoff special at OSU.
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I've gots one word for you:

"OpenOffice"


-- word
 
i've got all of you beat... my university gives me xp pro for free.... well... the cost of the cd's to burn it on


we dont pay a dime for it and they give you a cd key.... no sticker or stamped disk but you get a key none the less (i'm guessing mass license key)
 
EMPshockwave82, yes, that is likely to be a site-license/VLK arrangement. Check your license agreement carefully, it probably is only valid as long as you are a student there. Once you leave, no license.
 
You get all of this for free if you go to UCI:
Windows XP with Service Pack 1A
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
Visual Studio .NET Professional 2003
MSDN Library
Access 2003
Visio Professional 2003
Project Professional 2003
Windows CE .NET 4.2
eMbedded Visual C++ 4.0 with Service Pack 2
Windows XP Embedded with Service Pack 1
 
Originally posted by: homercles337
Originally posted by: tfinch2
I thought you had to be a student to purchase it, and even if you are a student you could get it cheaper from your university. I got XP Pro w/SP2 for 11 dollars from mine.
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Yep got my XPpro sp2 for $6! Hows that for cheap?
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Wow, you beat me I got it for freaking 8 lol
 
Yeah just Found out Rutgers comp sci dept. has the same deals. Gotta be currently registered for a comp sci course tho to login (doesn't matter if you're compsci major or not). Everything kvassassin posted for free download or 15 bucks if you want the boxed copy.
 
Wow, I guess I'm the only one that goes to a University where MS software is outright free. You can just go to a computer lab and say "Give me everything" and you get XP Pro, 2000, Office 2003, and Visual Studio .net, holographic CDs with sticker on the sleeve.
 
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