Windows 7 Pro $19 for students

Sammy said:

The reason I said it's being exploited because I've seen on other forums people exploiting this and the BizSpark program that MS offers to get access to the MSDN/MDNAA library.

This sounds like sour grapes to me .. I would rather see people using this method of acquiring W7 than downloading cracked versions from the various torrent sites.

I already signed up, since I'm still a student for another semester, but I did have a couple of questions. Still waiting for the payment to process.

1) A few pages back someone mentioned that the key could only be activated once and that you can't reinstall with it, is that true?

2) Is it an OEM version, or full, or a special version provided by them?

3) Will the key expire in a year when the subscription is up? I'm not sure how it'd work but I thought I'd ask anyway.

I'm an US citizen currently studying in South Korea and have a credit card form South Korea. How should I proceed in joining?

spliff said:

I'm an US citizen currently studying in South Korea and have a credit card form South Korea. How should I proceed in joining?

The fact that your cc is from South Korea will make no difference... proceed with signup in the normal fasion...

Well, I'm waiting on that confirmation email haha...

ACM | MSDN AA said:

ACM Student Membership Benefit

You opted in on August 19, 2009.

1. You will receive email confirmation of your Developer AA account over the next 24 hours. The email confirmation will provide you with the URL to the ACM/Developer AA Product Search Page.
2. When you have selected the software you desire, you will be taken to a "Product Details" screen where you can download the software.
3. If you've changed your mind, and would rather we did not create a login account for you, please "opt out" below.

Edit- My bad

ShazaM said:

Well, I'm waiting on that confirmation email haha...

Where did you have a choice to do this? I never recieved anything like that that i remember last night..NVM, found it...

chaser1 said:

We all owe you a bier or two....
many thanks........

husker91 said:

Thanks so much masterB, just recieved my msdnaa email today and am downloading windows 7 professional as I type this, Thanks very much for the guide buddy

Welcome guys! :)

I started this thread as an alternative for students who can't get Windows 7 direct from MSDNAA because their school doesn't have the subscription, same as my wife's college.
If your school is on MSDNA list you can get Windows 7 PRO for free because the subscription is paid by your school.
Enjoy!