System Manufacturer/Model Number self built OS Windows 7 Ultimate/ Windows XP Professional CPU AMD Phenom 2 965 Deneb 3.4Ghz Black Edition Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P Memory 2X Mushkin 2GB DDR3 1333 Graphics Card Sapphire Radeon HD 5750 1 GB GDDR5 Sound Card Onboard Monitor(s) Displays Dell E770
PSU Thermaltake Toughpower XT 750 Cable Management Case Thermaltake Element G Cooling Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus Hard Drives 2X Western Digital Caviar Blue 320Gb
Of course not. It is just a name of this edition. For 2007 it was originally $149, but now I have seen it as low as $80. There are, however, special student discounts that MS provides - I think for all products (not sure though - at age 72 I do not qualify, LOL).
System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7 Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207
Keyboard with trackball - no mices Mouse Trackball mice Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals Internet Speed DSL 6000