RedOctober Posted October 20, 2009 Content Count: 222 Joined: 01/17/09 Status: Offline Share Posted October 20, 2009 (edited) http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Windows-7-Professional-Students-19,8688.html $20 for "technical" major students. What it appears to me is that it is a student society (the Association for Computing Machinery) where you pay your $20 dollar dues and u get a few keys to Windows 7. It sounds like a good deal to me but, what i would like to know is if you ever leave the society do u still keep your copy of Win 7? If you get to keep it than it sounds great, but if they take your license away than i say no deal... Edited October 20, 2009 by RedOctober Link to comment
Wrathek Posted October 20, 2009 Content Count: 1839 Joined: 09/28/08 Status: Offline Share Posted October 20, 2009 I say no deal because its more expensive than from your friendly neighborhood wrathek. 2 Link to comment
RedOctober Posted October 21, 2009 Content Count: 222 Joined: 01/17/09 Status: Offline Share Posted October 21, 2009 I say no deal because its more expensive than from your friendly neighborhood wrathek. how exactly do u get it for so cheap? is it from less than legal ways? ;) Link to comment
PotshotPolka Posted October 21, 2009 Content Count: 6084 Joined: 03/31/08 Status: Offline Share Posted October 21, 2009 how exactly do u get it for so cheap? is it from less than legal ways? ;) Rules 1 and 2. Link to comment
Italian Jew Posted October 21, 2009 Content Count: 4473 Joined: 11/26/07 Status: Offline Share Posted October 21, 2009 It sounds like a good deal to me but, what i would like to know is if you ever leave the society do u still keep your copy of Win 7? If you get to keep it than it sounds great, but if they take your license away than i say no deal... You get to keep your copy and license. how exactly do u get it for so cheap? is it from less than legal ways? ;) He breaches his MSDN account contract by selling product keys. If Microsoft finds out, the keys he received will no longer work (i.e. the people who bought them will have useless keys) and his account will be suspended. Simply put, yes it is illegal. Link to comment
Wrathek Posted October 21, 2009 Content Count: 1839 Joined: 09/28/08 Status: Offline Share Posted October 21, 2009 Simply put, even if it was illegal, you know jack shit about how MSDN works. i know several people that have had their MSDN accounts suspended, but the keys continue to work to this day. Link to comment
Italian Jew Posted October 21, 2009 Content Count: 4473 Joined: 11/26/07 Status: Offline Share Posted October 21, 2009 Simply put, even if it was illegal, you know jack shit about how MSDN works. i know several people that have had their MSDN accounts suspended, but the keys continue to work to this day. As was written in the old sea scrolls of yonder years. Depends on what the keys were for, and if they were for more recent products, you can bet they would be useless for updates or verification. Link to comment
Wrathek Posted October 21, 2009 Content Count: 1839 Joined: 09/28/08 Status: Offline Share Posted October 21, 2009 how inconvenient to your worldview that windows 7 works fine, and has for even the most recent updates requiring running the most up to date version of WGA before installing said updates. Link to comment
Bullet Wound Posted October 21, 2009 Content Count: 2390 Joined: 09/24/08 Status: Offline Share Posted October 21, 2009 The "cheat" in question actually applies to students who are not already enrolled in the MSDN Academic Alliance, a program for universities that grant access to "hundreds" of Microsoft products free of charg I am enrolled in AA, so i get it free, suppose its a good deal otherwise though. Link to comment
Alpha2 Posted October 29, 2009 Content Count: 230 Joined: 06/06/09 Status: Offline Share Posted October 29, 2009 Or just don't be a poor ass and get a new rig with it. Link to comment
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