Windows 7 Beta

[[AK]Brorlis]

Clay I have an extra activation key for the RC1 64bit

I'll send you the link to the download and the key in the morning.

It's good until March 2010

[[AK]Clay]

Clay I have an extra activation key for the RC1 64bit

I'll send you the link to the download and the key in the morning.

It's good until March 2010

Cool!

Though, I don't know what RC1 means... Also, does the version stop working after March then?

[[AK]Bribo]

I spotted this deal today on Lifehacker:

http://lifehacker.com/5361566/get-ei...yline=true&s=x

"The CyberNet blog points any student with an interest or inclination toward the "science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields" to check out the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), where a membership is $19 and one of membership's key perks is access to Microsoft's MSDN Academic Alliance catalog. That lets you snag Office and other normally high-priced products for very low prices, and Windows 7 Professional licenses for free, minus the cost of membership. A single validation key for Windows 7 Professional at the cost of a pizza is pretty good, but CyberNet sweetens the deal by noting that picking up eight separate keys for 32- and 64-bit version of Windows 7 in four different languages gives you eight keys that work on any installation. That's a seriously cheap family upgrade pack."

So basically if you know a high school or college student with any interest in science, technology, engineering or mathematics they can apply for an ACM membership for $19. If this membership is approved (and I can't see why they would decline you) you then qualify for a Windows 7 Professional license. You can also download eight seperate keys in four different languages which you can use on all the PCs in your house. Quite the deal. I may have to have my daughter apply for membership.

[[AK]Clay]

Microsoft removed Windows 7 from that program last night.

[[AK]Bribo]

Microsoft removed Windows 7 from that program last night.

Plugh.

[[AK]Brorlis]

Cool!

Though, I don't know what RC1 means... Also, does the version stop working after March then?

It's the first release candidate of the OS. It's a step past Beta. The OS does start shutting dwn after March but has th option to purchase and keep it.

[[AK]Clay]

Even better - looks like you can get the full version permanently for $30. Not as good as $19, but still worth it. It says "upgrade", I assume that means upgrade from Vista, but it's not clear.

http://windows7.digitalriver.com/sto...isplayHomePage

here's the catch - you have to have a student e-mail address to get it

Anyone have a spare student addy they aren't using?