Full Retail Version of Pro For Students only 29.99

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Recently I saw a posting about digital river offering 29.99 for anyone with a student email address. You had to go to the website and choose which version and whether or not you wanted the 64bit or 32 bit upgrade. I placed the order and then called Microsoft Store to cancel my previous preorder. When I told they why the said they can offer me the full retail version at the same price. I signed up and cancelled my order with digital river.

Here is what you do:
1. Make sure you have a valid email address with .edu
2. Make sure you have your student ID ready.
3. Call 1-877-696-7786
4. Tell them you want to purchase the full retail version of either Home Premium of Professional. Why anyone would not choose Pro is beyond me.

For an extra $5 you can purchase the disk otherwise it is a digital download.

Enjoy a full retail version of W7 for only 30 bucks!
 

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Jacen said:
Recently I saw a posting about digital river offering 29.99 for anyone with a student email address. You had to go to the website and choose which version and whether or not you wanted the 64bit or 32 bit upgrade. I placed the order and then called Microsoft Store to cancel my previous preorder. When I told they why the said they can offer me the full retail version at the same price. I signed up and cancelled my order with digital river.

Here is what you do:
1. Make sure you have a valid email address with .edu
2. Make sure you have your student ID ready.
3. Call 1-877-696-7786
4. Tell them you want to purchase the full retail version of either Home Premium of Professional. Why anyone would not choose Pro is beyond me.

For an extra $5 you can purchase the disk otherwise it is a digital download.

Enjoy a full retail version of W7 for only 30 bucks!
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Jacen,

Thank you for sharing. Many wouldn't.

Do you know if 'Ultimate' is also offered ? For benefit of other students reading...
 

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[FONT=Helvetica, sans-serif]Eligible students are allowed to purchase one copy of either Windows 7 Home Premium or Windows 7 Professional from the online store. [/FONT]
 

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A class I'm taking has this thing were you can download win7 Professional for free so I'm thinking of getting that. I was this a while ago though, really good offer.
 

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Lemur said:
[FONT=Helvetica, sans-serif]Eligible students are allowed to purchase one copy of either Windows 7 Home Premium or Windows 7 Professional from the online store. [/FONT]
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If you are referring to the digital river www.win741.com website that is where I went to orginally. The problem with that site is that you only get one version, either 32 bit or 64 bit and they are upgrade versions only. Plus you have to pay $13 for a backup disk.

By calling the microsoft store you get full retail of what ever version you choose which includes 32/64 bit disks. Plus for only 5 bucks you get a hard copy. Plus retail does not check for previous versions. At least to my understanding.

I purchased two copies because I am a student and so is my daughter. I only bought one hard copy of the disk since I can use that one disk on any computer.
 

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chuckr said:
Jacen said:
Recently I saw a posting about digital river offering 29.99 for anyone with a student email address. You had to go to the website and choose which version and whether or not you wanted the 64bit or 32 bit upgrade. I placed the order and then called Microsoft Store to cancel my previous preorder. When I told they why the said they can offer me the full retail version at the same price. I signed up and cancelled my order with digital river.

Here is what you do:
1. Make sure you have a valid email address with .edu
2. Make sure you have your student ID ready.
3. Call 1-877-696-7786
4. Tell them you want to purchase the full retail version of either Home Premium of Professional. Why anyone would not choose Pro is beyond me.

For an extra $5 you can purchase the disk otherwise it is a digital download.

Enjoy a full retail version of W7 for only 30 bucks!
Click to expand...
Jacen,

Thank you for sharing. Many wouldn't.

Do you know if 'Ultimate' is also offered ? For benefit of other students reading...
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To my understanding there is no student price for Ultimate but it wouldn't hurt to ask when you call.
 

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Also the nice thing about full retail is if you want to do a reinstall you dont have to worry about doing a double install.

Plus you can put it on any computer.
 

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Hmmm I wonder if my campus will be selling them for 30 bucks... If not, I'm definitely gonna save a couple bucks and call :)


Thanks for the information!
 

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I have TechNet, so this is not really necessary, but still good to know. I may invest in this just for the hell of it.

Also have a friend who might be interested, though it won't work until next year...

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Mjcanton said:
Hmmm I wonder if my campus will be selling them for 30 bucks... If not, I'm definitely gonna save a couple bucks and call :)


Thanks for the information!
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I doubt the campus will but it only took a few minutes to place the order at the microsoft store. Plus I had to order two copies since I am in school and so is my daughter. Took me a little longer but well worth the savings. The only downside is that if you order the disk they will mail the disk and the product key together. If you do digital download you get the product key immediately. I bought one digital and one hard copy. I like having the hard copy of the disk available for future needs. Something funky about storing everything on a computer.
 

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Even with the downloaded version, why would you have to store it on a computer?
 

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did anyone else try this? im really tempted to.
 

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i just called and talked to a rep and he said its true, the full version can be bought for $30 as long as you have a valid .edu email address. going to do this as soon as my credit card is cleared of current charges.

thanks a bunch OP, i was originally going to get the upgrade version, but now will definitely get the full.
 

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mn9500 said:
i just called and talked to a rep and he said its true, the full version can be bought for $30 as long as you have a valid .edu email address. going to do this as soon as my credit card is cleared of current charges.

thanks a bunch OP, i was originally going to get the upgrade version, but now will definitely get the full.
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Glad I could help!!
 

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harpua said:
Even with the downloaded version, why would you have to store it on a computer?
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To my understanding, the download is only stored for a certain time frame. With digital river it is stored online for 30 days. Once downloaded I would have to burn a copy and keep that handy. Otherwise I would store it on an external.

Looking back I guess it would be ok to only have available as download but there is something about having a microsoft issued hardcopy that gives me a little more sense of security. I am a create of habit.

It only cost me an extra 8 bucks with shipping and tax.
 

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Jacen do you know how many copies they will let you purchase through this offer? Because I know the online offer only let you buy one copy.
 

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the digital download will be an iso right? and is there any official sizes of the iso's for the different editions of the full version.

tallerthanu07 said:
Jacen do you know how many copies they will let you purchase through this offer? Because I know the online offer only let you buy one copy.
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i think its one copy per .edu email address.
 

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