Anyone here who is a college student can get an upgrade of Windows 7 (you have to already own a licensed copy of XP or Vista) for $30.

Windows 7 US Online Store - Student Registration

Please, no useless "get a Mac" or "use Linux" posts. They will be immediately deleted.

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Fred Greco
Senior Pastor, Christ Church PCA (Katy, TX)
Christ Church Blog

"The heart is the main thing in true religion...It is the hinge and turning-point in the condition of man's soul. If the heart is alive to God and quickened by the Spirit, the man is a living Christian. If the heart is dead and has not the Spirit, the man is dead before God." (J.C. Ryle)

Wow! That is great. Thanks.

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Chris
Attending Church (No office position)
PCA
North Carolina

thanks, that'll be great to show all my friends here at college!

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Nathan Riese
Under Care, PCA
Trinity Presbyterian Church, Aledo, Illinois
Current student at MBBC
Future student of Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
www.gpts.edu

Does this include poor seminary students too?

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Kenneth Kneip
Member @ New St. Peter's PC (PCA), Dallas TX
Pastoral Intern @ New Covenant PC (PCA), Dallas TX
M. Div. student @ Redeemer Seminary, Dallas TX

Good question. Since you likely have an edu address, my guess is it would. I would try it.

I understand Windows 7 takes the improvements of Vista and stabilizes and streamlines everything.

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JWithnell
Member Bethel OPC
Virginia
http://learningyesican.blogspot.com/

Actually, Redeemer doesn't give students school e-mail addresses and photo IDs so I guess I will have to buy it at full price.

I would say that Windows 7 is more like Mac... but Fred would delete it.

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Pastor Nathan Eshelman, Los Angeles, CA
Reformed Presbyterian Church
PRESBYTERIAN THOUGHTS
Los Angeles Reformed Presbyterian Church
RPCLA Sermons Online
Puritan Reformed Seminary

I'm almost tempted to upgrade to Windows 7.

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Jonathan
Audio Engineer
Reformed Anabaptist
Ohio

Moroni's magical glasses of proper interpretation:

That has been my opinion as I've used it for the last 2-3 months. I previously used Vista Ultimate and this is a true upgrade, especially in terms of speed and reliability. The release candidate has been quite stable, so I won't have the usual "Wait until Service Pack 1" approach.

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Scott - Dallas, Texas - Faith OPC

"It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do." - Edmund Burke

Does the discount apply to professors as well (with a .edu address)?

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Joshua F
Layman
Mountain View Community Church (Missionary Church Denomination)
Johnstown, CO

I'm not sure.

thanks, thats a good deal.

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Aaron Josh Wright
Deerbrook Baptist Church, Humble Tx
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary

My college got an edu domain so the students could partake of offers such as these. Even though I don't use Windows this is nt a bad deal from MS wonder what the catch is

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I don't know about 7, but the office 2007 offer goes for professors as well as students as long as there is a .edu address is invovled. One of my professors bought it and had me install it

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Doug
Baptist
Hemet, Ca
Old Time Radio Podcast

"from MS wonder what the catch is"

They think if they get you hooked on student products you'll be more inclined to use their professional products after you graduate(for more money, of course).

Folks need to pay attention to the upgrade tables. Some of the upgrades will have a minor impact; others will in effect wipe everything on the drive.

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Edward
Deacon
PCA
Texas

If your school doesn't give you an e-mail address, you should check this page to see if it's on Microsoft's list of approved schools. If it's not (which Redeemer isn't), you should then click the link at the top of the page where you can give them info on the school. They'll probably let you have the deal anyway, if you can send in a proof of payment for courses, or a class list.

Doesn't look like it. You have to be enrolled in at least 0.5 course credit.

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Rae W. | Elder @ Grace Central Presbyterian Church | Columbus, OH
Online presence: blog | twitter | facebook

FTR, this is a full retail version of Windows 7 -- it is not an "upgrade" version. And you can get Pro for the same price if you click the "Need to connect to your school's network? Click Here" link when you are adding Home Premium to your shopping cart.

Cheers.

BTW, you have the option of upgrading or doing a custom installation (clean install/mutli-boot).

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Matthew Philip Miller | Reformed Baptist, SBC
Student of Theology at Trinity College of Florida

Iniquities prevail against me; As for our transgressions, You will provide atonement for them. Blessed is the man You choose, And cause to approach You, That he may dwell in Your courts. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, Of Your holy temple.
Psalms 65:3-4 (NKJV)

I would also like to add that Australian TAFE or University students can get a similar deal here. I just found out about it myself and snagged both Office Ultimate 2007 (not upgrade) and Windows 7 Professional Upgrade together for $160 AUD. That includes both digital download and a boxed copy mailed to me.

Through the same offer, you can get Office Visio and the Language Pack too, although I had no use for them.

Similar offers are available for a variety of countries, which you can check by going to that page and clicking the flag in the top-right corner.

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David
Assemblies of God
Mackay, Queensland, Australia

Microsoft's big (student) launch, it turns out, was not entirely trouble-free.

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Soli Deo Gloria

John Schultz
Member, Riveroaks Reformed Presbyterian Church (PCA)
Germantown, TN

"The reason why we worship God in a slight way is because we do not see God in His glory"
Jeremiah Burroughs

Is anything entirely trouble-free, though?