Buy Windows 7 for only $29.99 -[US Students Only]
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Is anyone sure this is legit? The site redirects to windows7.digitalriver.com, McAfee site advisor is showing some possible scamming from that website.
McAfee is ****. I write quality news and check my facts with Microsoft. I'm not interested in scams.
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Pretty much. Two of the keys I have I'm selling (as it is legal to do so with them) one I'm using right now, and one is on hand for my new PC I'm planning on building sometime in the future. So, do I need another?
By the way, this is an upgrade key only.
Edit: By the way Antman, I'm not abusing it. I'm a legal student at one of their legal schools who can legally obtain a copy.
You are purchasing them with the intent to resell them. While it may be legal to resell a legally acquired license, acquiring them solely for purposes of resale is fraudulent, a violation of the tax code and a violation of the program's intended purpose.
I am calling you out on this because you are celebrating this illicit behavior while the smoke still lingers following the collapse of a similar offer.
Have some respect for the people who have been harmed. Show some respect for the integrity of this forum.
+1 No one could have said it better Antman!!
PS .. Dont be gone too long!! 
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Pretty much. Two of the keys I have I'm selling (as it is legal to do so with them) one I'm using right now, and one is on hand for my new PC I'm planning on building sometime in the future. So, do I need another?
By the way, this is an upgrade key only.
Edit: By the way Antman, I'm not abusing it. I'm a legal student at one of their legal schools who can legally obtain a copy.
You are purchasing them with the intent to resell them. While it may be legal to resell a legally acquired license, acquiring them solely for purposes of resale is fraudulent, a violation of the tax code and a violation of the program's intended purpose.
I am calling you out on this because you are celebrating this illicit behavior while the smoke still lingers following the collapse of a similar offer.
Have some respect for the people who have been harmed. Show some respect for the integrity of this forum.
I'm not buying the ones from this website with the intent to sell Antman.
The ones that I'm selling were aquired via another program that I can legally resell them from.
This one would be for if I were to get a second computer at some time during the coming year.
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Yes the site is up and looks like MS has decided to cash in on this. After reading this apparently anyone with a college Id that has paid their tuition can get in on an $30 upgrade. What is a million times $30 anyway? Got to hand it to them they saw what was going on with the student thing and responded with their own deal.
Firstly, to answer the question:
$30 million.
Nextly,
I don't believe that MS is cashing in on this. $30 million is a drop in their bucket.
A few TV ads, maybe.
What is important, to them, is that they capture this generation of students and lock them into the Microsoft philosophy of 'Windows everywhere'.
The ACM provides other excellent opportunities for the true "Computer Science" student.
"... a student could be described as "one who
directs zeal at a subject".
In its widest use,
student is used for anyone who is
learning."
Or, being indoctrinated...
JMHO... 
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...What
is important, to them, is that they capture this generation of students and lock them into the Microsoft philosophy of 'Windows everywhere'.
The ACM provides other excellent opportunities for the true "
Computer Science" student.
"... a student could be described as "one who
directs zeal at a subject".
In its widest use,
student is used for anyone who is
learning."
Or, being indoctrinated...
The core purpose and value of marketing.
I'd like a cheeseburger, fries and a coke, super-sized.
What kind of coke?
Dr. Pepper.
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Yes the site is up and looks like MS has decided to cash in on this. After reading this apparently anyone with a college Id that has paid their tuition can get in on an $30 upgrade. What is a million times $30 anyway? Got to hand it to them they saw what was going on with the student thing and responded with their own deal.
Firstly, to answer the question:
$30 million.
Nextly,
I don't believe that MS is cashing in on this. $30 million is a drop in their bucket.
A few TV ads, maybe.
What
is important, to them, is that they capture this generation of students and lock them into the Microsoft philosophy of 'Windows everywhere'.
The ACM provides other excellent opportunities for the true "
Computer Science" student.
"... a student could be described as "one who
directs zeal at a subject".
In its widest use,
student is used for anyone who is
learning."
Or, being indoctrinated...
JMHO...
Yep Chuck 30 million, You are correct. My point was that MS rolled with the punches again. Much like the tech net fiasco where they sold x number of subs to people who had no clue as to what Technet was. Now this ACM AA deal becomes a bust and they clean up after wards. I am not bashing them. I am more like commending them on some shrewed business tactics. This program is aimed at all college students that want a upgrade for a price that they can afford. I looked at the eligibility reqs and it was clearly worded so that any college student was eligible. So I say it again your right Chuckr MS is going after any student it can get. And "just the facts ma'am" Slimy is right also, "MS loves students"
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M$ is often bashed for their business practices. Here is a practice that benefits a large number of people.
My use of the term M$ is an allusion to the bashing. A self-referencing symbol in this application.
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M$ is often bashed for their business practices. Here is a practice that benefits a large number of people.
My use of the term M$ is an allusion to the bashing. A self-referencing symbol in this application.
I agree with that. M$ the benevolent
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What is a million times $30 anyway?
Firstly, to answer the question:
$30 million.
Yep Chuck 30 million, You are correct.
I are a college grad... 
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Good for you Chris ... YOU I know are legit!!
The process is a little funny...You verify your email and then they send you a link to the store where you can buy the cheap 7
I imagine that someone could have an EDU account that could be giving out the link for people to go in and buy it..seems insecure to me
Actually it says that the Product Key is emailed to yourself at checkout along with a link to download 7
The link they provide you to order is tied to your email and a password they provide you as well. They'll rapidly detect if anyone abuses it.
They also indicate they can ask anyone for proof of enrollment at any time, and failure to provide it will result in you being charged full retail price.
Anyway, don't think it's insecure, and they should rapidly catch any flagrant misuse.
The link they send isn't something you can easily spread to others, and works better than the free Technet thing or what they had going on with MSDNAA.
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