Microsoft Offering College Students Windows 7 Professional for $29

Looks like the good ole' folks in Redmond are playing a little catch up. Recently, Microsoft launched http://www.win741.com/ to promote the release of their newest operating system which will ship to retailers later next month. For a limited time (read: January 2010), college students looking to save some much needed cash for "textbooks" (beer) can take advantage of special student pricing. At $29, Microsoft is matching the incredibly popular Snow Leopard deal put forth by Apple for their own Snow Leopard release, which has been a huge success. The promotion applies to both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 7 Home Premium and Windows 7 Professional. Since many of the posters in OT are college students, this offer is sure to be a hit.

Thoughts?

Lucky. I have yet to receive my copy of Windows 7 Ultimate from Microsoft for completing their "ExpertZone" training.

Isn't it the upgrade version?...X360PS3AMD05

The website isn't very clear but I do believe it is the upgrade version.

Its the upgrade version. But who cares? I picked up their Office 2007 Ultimate deal a month back for $60, and Im deffinately going to pick this up. I was planning on buying Windows 7 anyway, and this will save me quite a bit.

I already received my 4x Windows 7 Pro keys and ISO from my MSDN-AA membership :P .Luminouslight

I already received my 4x Windows 7 Pro keys and ISO from my MSDN-AA membership :P .Luminouslight

lol yeah the MSDN alliance is freaking awesome!! All the free software you can imagine, pretty much every Microsoft OS from DOS up, and it's your for life! What more can a erd want? A girlfriend?