Can I get a cheap student disc for Windows Vista?

[alexjholland]

Hey, I have Win XP MCE and am interested in Vista.

Can I get any discounts for being a UK degree student?

 

[ChrisB]

If your school's registered for msdnaa then you can get a copy of vista business free
Of course it depends if you're eligible, i.e., your enrolled to the computer dept who are covered by the msdnaa.
MSDNAA search

 

[TheVoice]

There's also an Academic Upgrade version of Vista Home Premium which is about £50-60. I've got that one.

 

[dave-lew99]

As well as MSDNAA which covers the vast majority of MS software for free, (but requires your establishment to cooperate (my uni has MSDNAA but won't give out any software to the students)), ther eis also MS Dreamspark but that's pretty much just Server 2003 and VisualStudio 2008

https://downloads.channel8.msdn.com/

Alternatively for £200 or so you could get a Technet Online subscription which includes Vista and lots of other things - £200/yr and you're supposed to stop using the software after your subscription expires...

 

[Scoobz0511]

msdn does not cover vista yet. The only way you can get it is to buy it im affraid

 

[Zefan]

msdn does not cover vista yet. The only way you can get it is to buy it im affraid

I downloaded Vista off the MSDNAA site just the other day

 

[Scoobz0511]

I downloaded Vista off the MSDNAA site just the other day

Ure very lucky then as my college doesnt support it yet and im doing my degree to

 

[caithomas44]

wow thats cool, does it all expire when you leave uni?

my uni does it

 

[Scoobz0511]

i feel left out now. And apparently when you leave college or uni you still have it as most colleges or unis forget to remove you from it.

 

[wozzizname]

msdn does not cover vista yet. The only way you can get it is to buy it im affraid

I've got Vista 64 business edition via the MSDNAA scheme - doing an I.T. degree at kent.

 

[Scoobz0511]

Ok rub it in. My college is crap and im also doing my IT Degree but at a coollege as its cheaper lol

 

[Aod]

if you're a student then you can purchase Vista Ultimate (upgrade) for £60 from software4students.

 

[Equin0x]

msdn does not cover vista yet. The only way you can get it is to buy it im affraid

As others have noted, that is incorrect Scoobz, Vista Business has been available on MSDN-AA for months now.

 

[Burnsy2023]

As others have noted, that is incorrect Scoobz, Vista Business has been available on MSDN-AA for months now.

Months?

I had a copy from the Soton uni since Dec 2006

Burnsy

 

[Psypher5]

msdn does not cover vista yet. The only way you can get it is to buy it im affraid

didnt msdna have it like since beta or just after? Heck it even has 64bit on

 

[Burnsy2023]

didnt msdna have it like since beta or just after? Heck it even has 64bit on

MDSN:AA didn't have it until it went RTM; MSDN had it beta version though.

Burnsy

 

[alexjholland]

Thanks for the tips, looks like we aren't with that microsoft scheme..

So the "ultimate" upgrade from software4students looks best,

- What does it upgrade from and what do I need? Does it upgrade from my Windows XP Media Centre?

- Does it format my harddrive or keep all my old information on it?

- If it does keep my old stuff, does it work as well as I could expect?

 

[PinkFloyd]

Have been using msdn vista for a fair while now. 64bit and all

 

[GingerNinja1989]

My uni have a deal with MS that lets us download various bits of software for free. Vista Business, Access 2007, things like that...

 

[Tute]

MSDNAA search

What a load of crap that search thing is.

I know Reading are in the MSDNAA as I got my copy of XP from them... yet they don't appear in the search.