Full Retail Version of Pro For Students only 29.99

Just to give an update to this, it is still currently working as of 5:30PM EST, Oct 31. I called and pressed one and asked the woman if they offered student discounts for full retail version of windows 7 and she said no, they don't offer any type of discount for anything related to windows 7, which obviously is not true. I called back and pressed 7 for questions related to windows 7. I asked the guy if they offered student discounts for full retail versions and he said yes. I ordered my windows 7 pro full retail version and am waiting for it to arrive now. I asked if it appplied to ultimate as some people said here that they got that deal but he said no, no biggie to me though. Its amazing though that one person said they offer no discounts at all when they have a student discount on the store site for upgrade media that is currently active.

PicklesForNoOne said:

Just to give an update to this, it is still currently working as of 5:30PM EST, Oct 31. I called and pressed one and asked the woman if they offered student discounts for full retail version of windows 7 and she said no, they don't offer any type of discount for anything related to windows 7, which obviously is not true. I called back and pressed 7 for questions related to windows 7. I asked the guy if they offered student discounts for full retail versions and he said yes. I ordered my windows 7 pro full retail version and am waiting for it to arrive now. I asked if it appplied to ultimate as some people said here that they got that deal but he said no, no biggie to me though. Its amazing though that one person said they offer no discounts at all when they have a student discount on the store site for upgrade media that is currently active.

I had to call twice too. The first CSR I spoke with said no discount on full version and that the student discount only applied to a downloadable upgrade version (wouldn't ship disc). After hanging up and waiting about 5 minutes, the next CSR I spoke with allowed me to purchase the full version of Win7 Pro for the student discount $29.99 + tax + shipping (full version arrived in retail box).

Just another update on this topic. I have two friends of mine that also ordered this deal. They both called, both reps for both friends said they do offer a discount. One said they offer Ultimate as part of the discount and the other rep said they didn't. So long story short, One got Pro, and one got Ultimate. It seems to be the luck of the draw for getting the Ultimate discount. Both of my friends are receiving the full version not the upgrade. So to all who are out there that haven't ordered, Do it now!

november7286 said:

Just another update on this topic. I have two friends of mine that also ordered this deal. They both called, both reps for both friends said they do offer a discount. One said they offer Ultimate as part of the discount and the other rep said they didn't. So long story short, One got Pro, and one got Ultimate. It seems to be the luck of the draw for getting the Ultimate discount. Both of my friends are receiving the full version not the upgrade. So to all who are out there that haven't ordered, Do it now!

Yes, do it now and keep hanging up/calling back until you get a rep that allows you the Ultimate discount! I wish I would have done that instead of settling on Pro because it is more of a discount.

I want to go from vista 32 bit to 7 64 bit by download without having a physical disk. Can I do this?

You are going to have to download the iso and burn that to a disc in order to do that.

PicklesForNoOne said:

Just to give an update to this, it is still currently working as of 5:30PM EST, Oct 31. I called and pressed one and asked the woman if they offered student discounts for full retail version of windows 7 and she said no, they don't offer any type of discount for anything related to windows 7, which obviously is not true. I called back and pressed 7 for questions related to windows 7. I asked the guy if they offered student discounts for full retail versions and he said yes. I ordered my windows 7 pro full retail version and am waiting for it to arrive now. I asked if it appplied to ultimate as some people said here that they got that deal but he said no, no biggie to me though. Its amazing though that one person said they offer no discounts at all when they have a student discount on the store site for upgrade media that is currently active.

That happened to me, too. The first representative said that 29.99 deal is only effective for the first 2 days after win7 was released, hence no discounts or whatsoever.
Thank you for the info, otherwise I would have given up.
The second representative told me that either Home Premium or Professional is 29.99, and Ultimate is 99.99, so I ordered a Professional.
Hope this helps.

Just giving a final update, I just recieved Win 7 Ultimate(Full retail version) in the mail in the original packaging as you would purchase in the store. I know some people were wondering as to what type of packaging it comes in. Going to install it this weekend. :)