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New Post 2/16/2010 12:38 PM
  The Coolest
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Window7 
Modified By The Coolest on 2/16/2010 7:33:42 AM

I've just signed up and was verified.
I guess I can't compain about all the free to use software.

I do have to wonder why Microsoft provides the latest and greatest Windows Server OS but not the workstatio­n versions?

Why can't we also get Windows 7 Home Premium or profession­al licenses?

 

My college is not registered for MSDNAA (Holon Institute of Technology located in Holon, Israel), so I can't get a Windows7 that way either.
 
New Post 4/5/2010 4:08 PM
  Fullmetal
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Re: Window7 
Modified By Fullmetal on 4/5/2010 10:01:35 AM

I believe that the reason Dreamspark doesnt carry workstatio­n OS's is because of MSDNAA. If they put all the software, or even just the OSes from the MSDNAA program onto dreamspark­, they would lose people's interest in MSDNAA. Also they would lose some money, because students still purchase Windows versions, so if they got them for free by being a student and using Dreamspark­, they wouldn't need to purchase them. MSDNAA is usually for the CS de­partments so students dont have to pay extra for software they need. Dreamspark is basically giving all students access to profession­al software, so possibly in they future, they would buy it. hope this helps!!
 
New Post 6/18/2010 4:30 AM
  Erik S
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Re: Window7 

I think the basic rationale is that most students can afford the academic pricing for Windows 7 (as low as $30USD, or bundled with almost all new PCs), whereas the $1000+ price for server editions puts it out of range for most.

 

However, you can use the DreamSpark copy of Windows Server 2008 ­R2 (which is essentiall­y the server edition of Windows 7) and get almost all of the same features (as well as some new ones, like Hyper-V). You need a 64-bit system, because R2 is 64-bit only. ­; This site has tips:

http://www­.win2008r2­workstatio­n.com/
 
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