Student Purchase of Microsoft Products

giovanni

ghandi wrote: »

The Windows 7 offer is an 'upgrade' version and not a 'full' version.

This means you need a previous version of Windows to 'upgrade' from.

http://drh.img.digitalriver.com/store/mswpuk/ContentTheme/pbPage.Terms

Yep, if you can get it to burn to a cd first. Microsoft has really messed this one up.

FreheitOverture

Students on the MSDNAA get Windows 7 for free. Generally these are students on computing courses so if you are, check with your university

wallbash

Yes its a download for £30 , but you can download more than once ( free . don't know where someone got charged £4)

Its not an ISO. so burning it to disk is a bit harder but possible , check Tech section on MSE

Its more than 2.1 gb so its a dvd not a cd.

You can use as a fresh installation , yes I know some say its a upgrade but google for the way round it.
Download is fast .....
My daughters copy is installed and running well on a formatted hard drive.

elfen

Have installed W7 as a fresh install off an upgrade copy, there's a way round it in case you buy the wrong copy and you have XP. The product key went in fine and it activated OK too

achtunglady

have a look at this site, i bought office 2007 for £35.00, they have promotional offers from time to time, the office for £35 expired 31st October.

http://www.software4students.co.uk/

atypical

wallbash wrote: »

Yes its a download for £30 , but you can download more than once ( free . don't know where someone got charged £4)

Read about the £4 charge here.

wallbash

Well I have downloaded twice , and because of your post have just started to download again. It certainly has already started . .... will post again when/if successful.

wallbash

While waiting to see if my 3rd download succeeds.
Have seen a solution ?? to our misunderstanding
I got the download from Digital River , the one that is giving people problems,
Have seen ( but not checked ) on the web , that people getting the student deal from M.S. store get a downloaded iso file. That occurs a £4 penalty for a screwed up download
So its a choice Multi free downloads but you struggle to burn a bootable iso.
or ( if and only if ) an extra charge for the second download but its an iso.

There is masses of comments on the web .

Stick with it , windows 7 is the way to go and the cost , even with the extra £4 is worth it.

wallbash

AS promised , reporting in
Download completed ... yet again .

Impet_Limpet

I didn't have a problem with the down load for home premium upgrade from vista to windows 7. 32bit version. I always pay for the DVD though as I like to have a physical copy as spare because I like to regulary reformat the computers at home and incase the HDD dies