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    Microsoft Vista (Ultimate)RED for $65 (student only)

    Discussion in 'Notebook and Tech Bargains' started by justbrake, Mar 14, 2009.

  1. justbrake

    justbrake Notebook Evangelist

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    justbrake, Mar 14, 2009
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    I think that this has been going on for a while along side with the cheap office ultimate for students.
     
    nizzy1115, Mar 14, 2009
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    dtwn C'thulhu fhtagn

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    Might want to point out something very important.

    It's an upgrade version.
     
    dtwn, Mar 14, 2009
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    tayb Notebook Consultant

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    It's a good deal but most college students can get Ultimate and Office for under $30 each. My friend works at the campus tech store and with his discount Office Enterprise is $10 and Vista Ultimate is $6.
     
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    I got office free, and many copies of xp 32bit/64bit pro and vista 32/64 but buisness version for free from mine. I dont know if i would have paid money for the upgrade to ultimate if the option was available though.
     
    nizzy1115, Mar 14, 2009
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    My school never offers stuff like that... :(
     
    dtwn, Mar 14, 2009
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    Same here with my school. I think most larger institutions will provide free or discounted software to their students, staff and faculty.
     
    David, Mar 14, 2009
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    not everyone goes to school, I had to buy a full version off ebay
     
    justbrake, Mar 14, 2009
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    Its sometimes even cheaper to sign up for a computer class at a community college for a few hundred dollars, get the msdnaa package which will be several os's, server os's, office suites, visio, project, etc. Drop the class and keep the sofware :cool:
     
    nizzy1115, Mar 14, 2009
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    Yeah, I admit I've consider picking up a few computer related class just for that reason. :p
     
    ChristopherAKAO4, Mar 14, 2009
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