Windows 7 for $30 at school.

[Isaac]

I would only use it in Virtual Box, so is Windows 7 Ultimate worth $30? I use Wine and DOSBox for Windows applications anyway. I really don't want to dual boot because I like being able to quickly free up hard drive space by deleting the drive file. I only have about 16GB.

My only computer is a 1.6GHz netbook which runs great with Ubuntu. It flies. However, I don't think Windows 7 Ultimate is going to run very well on a low end system like mine. They're not selling XP at school for some reason.

edit: I had flys instead of flies... GRRR! Corrected.

[fliptw]

because XP has been out of retail for, what, 2 years now?

if you wanted to mess around, I think you can download a trial version for free IIRC.

[Krom]

Not happening in any worthwhile way on 16 GB of free space, especially on a system that is going to need a fair amount of swap to make up for lack of physical RAM.

[flip]

I'd say go for it for only 30 bucks. No telling, you might actually need it sooner or later and 30 bucks is a great deal.

[Krom]

True, as long as you get to keep it when you move to a bigger PC the price makes up for the wait.

[Isaac]

Yeah, it would be 100% mine, forever, if I bought it.

Thanks guys, for the input.

[Xamindar]

Dang they charge for that now? Back when I was in school I got Win XP and Vista Business both for free.

[Heretic]

True, as long as you get to keep it when you move to a bigger PC the price makes up for the wait.

Will the EULA permit this?

[Sirius]

I have to pay more for Win7 Ultimate than that.

[Krom]

True, as long as you get to keep it when you move to a bigger PC the price makes up for the wait.

Will the EULA permit this?

It can't legally deny it (at least in the US). MS may give you grief trying to activate it though, but as long as you delete any old installs first they can't legally stop you.

[Isaac]

Here's something weird. They needed my driver's license number when I bought Office 2007 (also $30).
I'm guessing the reason is, if my copy was ever leaked they could quickly arrest me, or something.

[Duper]

Here's something weird. They needed my driver's license number when I bought Office 2007 (also $30).
I'm guessing the reason is, if my copy was ever leaked they could quickly arrest me, or something.

really??!?

did you have to show your student card too or just your driver's ID?

[Isaac]

Yeah, they wanted both my photo student ID and my license number, for some reason, even though I was paying with a Visa card, which also has my full name and bank name on it. I'm surprised they didn't have to mail my original birth certificate to Microsoft.

Oh and, I also had to sign a contract with my initials, which had me agree to about 15 terms. One of which is not to copy the CD which sucks, because I'd rather use an ISO instead and keep the hard copy, the CD, protected in my files.

[TechPro]

That's because you're doing the \"Education\" purchase.

I suggest you review the rules regarding \"Education\" purchases. It's not uncommon for this sort of thing to be available to you ONLY IF YOU ARE A STUDENT OR EDUCATOR. Once you're no longer a student or educator ... the rules may be different. I suggest you verify that.

[Isaac]

after going through a speacial kind of hell with wine, I decided to investigate Winblows 7
I couldn't get past the first step, or footprint.

When running on a solid-state drive (SSD), Windows® 7 requires a minimum of 16 gigabytes (GB) of space. Although some configurations of Windows 7 may appear to fit on smaller drives when initially installed, 8 GB SSDs are not sufficient for deploying Windows 7. Even when paired with a second drive of 4 or more GBs for application and data file storage, 8 GB hard drives do not allow for the increase in the Windows memory footprint that is expected to occur as users work on their computer.