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| Thread ID: 97960 | 2009-03-05 09:36:00 | Very Cheap Computer Needed For UNI | MongooseRoadkill (13197) | Press F1 |
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| 753730 | 2009-03-05 20:00:00 | MongooseRoadkill: Why doesn't your sister (and partner) simply use the PCs provided at the university? I'm sure they will have 24/7 access computer labs with the appropriate software installed, where you can go and do course work. Most of the IT departments at NZ universities are signed up for a programme called MSDN Academic Alliance with Microsoft, where the university pays around $700 a year, and return gets unlimited licenses to use selected developer tools (i.e. Visual Studio, SQL Server, etc) for academic purposes. One of the other benefits is that students enrolled in that department (or are doing at least one paper in a registered department) can gain access to all of this software and license keys for free. This includes Windows XP Professional (not home, as someone stated earlier), and Vista Business edition. It is expected that Windows 7 will also be made available shortly after it is released. Note: the licenses under MSDNAA state that all of the software must be used for non-commercial purposes only. However, the licenses are valid even after the student finishes their degree or leaves the university for whatever reason. For all other students (including high school students) can access a range of software including server operating systems, Visual Studo and so on for free, under the Dreamspark programme. See: http://www.dreamspark.co.nz |
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| 753731 | 2009-03-05 20:16:00 | somebody: If MongooseRoadkill were to download Windows Vista business from his / her University website, how would the software be authenticated as being legitimate? In other words, where would Product Key & Activation Code be sourced? Cheers :) |
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| 753732 | 2009-03-05 20:18:00 | Its probably on CD | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 753733 | 2009-03-05 20:36:00 | When I was at Uni they gave us one on a printed piece of paper, I never actually hired it out twice to see if it was different each time? Its in Microsofts best interests to get Uni students using their software, what better way to get them familiar with it when they go out into the marketplace and start using computers on a daily basis, or begin writing software. If they're comfortable with using Visual Studio because they've done-so for the last 3 years whilst at Uni, do you think they're about to change? I dont ... But it means that their next employer will be one who's purchased a license for it on this students new Work PC. Plus it also looks good from a PR point of view ;) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 753734 | 2009-03-05 20:44:00 | Its probably on CD Nononono.... please don't make things up unless you actually know - it's misinformation like this which causes a lot of confusion and frustration. The process depends from university to university. Some have an online tool called ELMS (run by one of Microsoft's partners and made available for free to all universities) where students log in and can get a unique license key that way. Otherwise, universities are given lists of keys (in lots of approximately 100), and they just keep a record manually - in a spreadsheet or database - of what keys have been given out, and to who. Some universities have an administrator who students can email to get a key, or actually go and visit to get one. Some software - such as Visual Studio - have volume license keys coded into the installer, so do not require separate keys. There are specific instructions for each institution available here: blogs.msdn.com |
somebody (208) | ||
| 753735 | 2009-03-05 20:46:00 | somebody: If MongooseRoadkill were to download Windows Vista business from his / her University website, how would the software be authenticated as being legitimate? In other words, where would Product Key & Activation Code be sourced? Cheers :) For most software, students will need to get a unique license key from their university (as per my previous post). Students are typically limited to getting one license key per product per year, unless there are special circumstances. |
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| 753736 | 2009-03-05 20:52:00 | Dont haveta cry about it | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 753737 | 2009-03-05 22:01:00 | Thanks for the info, somebody :) | Renmoo (66) | ||
| 753738 | 2009-03-06 01:33:00 | Fairfax, who own this Mag, also own Trade Me. Have you guys accidentally got to the wrong website? | PENTIUM (426) | ||
| 753739 | 2009-03-06 02:19:00 | I'm assuming you are aware of how the programs get uploaded to the hardware. If they use a com port, then obviously things like eee PC and newer motherboards which dont have com ports will be useless. Also Visual Studio is quite a memory hog. |
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