MS Student Deals

[scottish]

Ok so as you might of seen i'm getting a new computer.

I had a office 07 disk with a few licenses but i've lost it so i'm just gonna buy it against from MS

http://www.microsoft.com/uk/education/studentoffer/

Can you download dif versions and 64 bit and 32 bit? or is it just 32 bit? o.0

Also will they ship a disk out to you or do yo need to download and burn it?

[GommeInc]

Okay, going to re-write what I said

1. Office 07 is a download (Office Ultimate 2007) and doesn't take too long to install/download. It can be installed on 32-bit or 64-bit.
2. Windows 7 - You pick what version you want via that offer.
3. Installing Windows 7 - You download it, and follow the instruction given to you (through an email I think?) and you don't need to burn it to a CD. The upgrade works on the same principal.
4. You can ask for a CD and for Digital River/Microsoft to keep a copy of the files back-up to download later, though you can do that yourself by putting the files on a CD, external hard-drive or USB device to use at a later date. It also costs about £4 or £6 to ask for a CD and/or digital back up.

[scottish]

I plan on putting it on a new computer, so it won't be able to upgrade as theres no previous operating system on it.

And yeh i noticed its £9 for the disk and i can tick the keep it online.

Am i able to put this on a new machine with no prior OS as it states 'upgrade' so makes me think can only upgrade from say vista/xp to it?

[xxMATTGxx]

I believe there is ways around it but Microsoft class this as "illegal" not sure if you can still do this though.

[Recursion]

I did a clean install, it can't tell if its clean or not when it gets to the point you put the serial number in.