Buy Windows 7 for only $29.99 -[US Students Only]

[Crypto]

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For a limited time, eligible college students can get the sweetest deal on Windows 7 - for only $29.99 USD. That’s less than most of your textbooks! Hurry -- offer ends January 3, 2010 at 12:00 am CST.

√ You qualify if you have a valid .EDU e-mail OR an e-mail address through one of the educational institutions listed here.

Students attending the following universities/college that do not provide .EDU email addresses are eligible to purchase from the Microsoft Academic Promotions.

Don't see your US university/college listed?
CLICK HERE and provide us with more information to see if we can add it!

Universities/College A – L
Allen Community College
American InterContinental University
-Buckhead
-Atlanta
Anthem College
Baptist Bible College
Bauder College
Berklee College of Music
Bethany College of Missions
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Johnson County CC
Keene State College
Kirkwood Community College
L.E Fletcher Technical CC
Lake Land College
Le Cordon Bleu Atlanta
Lehigh Carbon CC
Lewis-Clark State College
Lutheran Brethren Seminary

M – Z
Macomb CC
Marion Technical College
McCann School of Business & Technology
Memphis College of Art
Meridian CC
Mesa CC
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Wilkes Community College
Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary
Wymondham College
Yakima Valley Community College
York Technical College

View the Full List of Eligible Colleges.​

"In the US, students can pre-order their copy of Windows 7 beginning September 17th and can download the OS beginning on October 22nd (general availability)," a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed with Ars. For US students, we checked and saw that they need to have a .edu e-mail address or be attending one of the 158 schools Microsoft lists. "Students in the UK can pre-order their copy beginning on September 30th for download on October 22nd. Students in all other participating markets can take advantage of the offer beginning on October 22nd. In most markets, the offer ends on January 3rd (in Australia the offer is available until March 31st)."

Ars Technica News Article with some extra facts
(thanks Slimy for the Ars-Update )​

 

[Tews]

Could not do a lookup on the url .... we'll see... Twitter is not the best source for MS info...

 

[Crypto]

Could not do a lookup on the url .... we'll see... Twitter is not the best source for MS info...

This site is hosted by The Rice Company on behalf of Microsoft

Update. The site is up Guys. Get your 7s.

 

[myzr7]

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.

 

[chessdragon136]

Looks like more countries are going to get the same deal as of 1st Oct according to...:
http://community.winsupersite.com/b...ts-to-get-windows-7-for-163-30-in-the-uk.aspx

£30 in the UK (and possibly the full version as i dont think the upgrade is avaliable yet...?)

 

[Zidane24]

I was verified

Going to purchase this next Monday!

 

[Tews]

Good for you Chris ... YOU I know are legit!!

 

[Crypto]

I was verified

Going to purchase this next Monday!

Congrats mate.

 

[Zidane24]

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

 

[Hashem]

oh, thats very good from Microsoft company to student's

 

[Slimy]

Microsoft loves students

 

[Ramones]

Is anyone sure this is legit? The site redirects to windows7.digitalriver.com, McAfee site advisor is showing some possible scamming from that website.

 

[Tews]

Its too early to say definitively, but it appears to be...

 

[Antman]

Digital River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Digital River, Inc., is an American e-commerce outsourcing company whose clientele is largely software publishers; the company is the leading provider of software delivery over the internet. Its largest client is Symantec.

Other clients including Microsoft, AOL, eBay, Electronic Arts, Toshiba, Computer Associates, Circuit City, and Sun Microsystems.

 

[Zen00]

Hrm, I already have several copies of Win7... should I buy another for $30?

 

[Tews]

To add to your collection of keys??

 

[Antman]

Hrm, I already have several copies of Win7... should I buy another for $30?

You should quit flaunting your willingness to abuse programs like this one.

 

[Zen00]

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.

 

[Antman]

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.

 

[Crypto]

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.

Well said Antman.