identifying academic package

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I am going to purchase a vista upgrade online, but I don't want to buy the
academic version by mistake. Some sellers say academic or non-academic, but
some don't mention it. Can I tell from a picture of the package? (vista
home premium)
 
richk said:
I am going to purchase a vista upgrade online, but I don't want to buy
the academic version by mistake. Some sellers say academic or
non-academic, but some don't mention it. Can I tell from a picture of
the package? (vista home premium)
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You can tell from the price. The academic licensed ones cost much, much
less.

--
"Software is like sex, it's better when it's free."
- Linus Torvalds

DRM and unintended consequences:
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=435&tag=nl.e101
 
richk said:
I am going to purchase a vista upgrade online, but I don't want to buy the
academic version by mistake. Some sellers say academic or non-academic, but
some don't mention it. Can I tell from a picture of the package? (vista
home premium)
Click to expand...

How will you know that the picture is correct?
 
If you are in doubt of what you are buying, you are buying from the wrong
source.
 
richk said:
I am going to purchase a vista upgrade online, but I don't want to buy the
academic version by mistake. Some sellers say academic or non-academic,
but some don't mention it. Can I tell from a picture of the package?
(vista home premium)
Click to expand...


I didn't think there WAS an "academic" licence for Vista - I have never seen
one. OFFICE now, is a different matter.
 
You're confused, no such thing as Academic Vista, unless you buy form your
college shop?

Just goto ZipZoomFly.com, TigerDirect.com, or Ecost.com

ZipZoomFly sells OEM (no box/no manual) bare DVD's, looks cheap but here's a
catch:
To legally buy OEM disk you need to also buy a piece of hardware, but you
might in fact need a piece of hardware anyway, I've been using ZipZoomFly
since MANY year sago when they were known as "GoogleGear.com", until Google
slapped them with a lawsuit for trademark violation.
 
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