Vista Home Premium Update Academic: the catch?

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Edric

Hi

I noticed a Vista Home Premium Updated "Academic" for half the price of the
"non-Academic" verson. It's not OEM. What's the catch for being so cheap????

Tks

Edric
 
You have to be a student or in the teaching profession in order
to use an academic version of Windows Vista.
 
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Ok, but is there any practical diffs?

Carey Frisch [MVP} said:
You have to be a student or in the teaching profession in order
to use an academic version of Windows Vista.



Edric said:
Hi

I noticed a Vista Home Premium Updated "Academic" for half the price of
the "non-Academic" verson. It's not OEM. What's the catch for being so
cheap????

Tks

Edric
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Don't you mean to buy it, not to use it?? Interesting concept for all that
know a student isn't it??
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Carey Frisch [MVP} said:
You have to be a student or in the teaching profession in order
to use an academic version of Windows Vista.



Edric said:
Hi

I noticed a Vista Home Premium Updated "Academic" for half the price of
the "non-Academic" verson. It's not OEM. What's the catch for being so
cheap????

Tks

Edric
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A little bit of both.
For some academic licenses, the license to use expires when you leave the
particular educational institution.
Review the applicable EULA before purchasing.
Be informed.
 
how do they know you graduated school though? That's what the OP was asking?
Will Microsoft come knocking and say hand over the DVD you graduated you
can't use it anymore?
 
Jupiter said:
What is the integrity of the person that accepted the agreement?
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The rain it raineth every day
Upon the just and unjust fella,
But more upon the just because
The unjust hath the just's umbrella.
 
Jupiter Jones said:
What is the integrity of the person that accepted the agreement?
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About as good as the integrity of the theiving bastards who set the
price of the UK version of Vista Ultimate Retail at the equivalent of
$800
 
Your always a student of life, as I was told when I ordered student office
from Microsoft themselves here in the UK.
 
Bill said:
Your always a student of life, as I was told when I ordered student office
from Microsoft themselves here in the UK.
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If you've got kids, you've got a good 13-20 years of qualifying for
academic licences.
 
Carey said:
You have to be a student or in the teaching profession in order
to use an academic version of Windows Vista.
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Or a family member?

If it's like OFFICE aren't you supposed to stop using it if you are no
longer a student? <g>
 
Well, I finally got the catch I was interested: for now, it's being
distributed as 32-bit only, and one cannot use it to upgrade to any superior
version. Just that...
 
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