Students can get Windows 7 for $29.99!

Most of the PC users are anxiously waiting for the final release of Windows 7 but one thing which will stop a good percentage of them from buying it is the big price tag attached with the new operating system from Microsoft. If you are a student there is one more reason to smile! Microsoft has always been nice to the student community and now with the big release of Windows 7 they are being even more nice. With a valid .edu email address students can get the Home edition of Windows 7 for $29.99 which is a big steal when compared to the normal retail price of $120. The glad news is you don’t have to be a current student and if you still have your .edu address from your university working you are good to go. You can preorder Windows 7 at Win741.com. Multiple updates about this offer were made on the official Microsoft and MSWindows twitter accounts

Earlier Windows 7 was made available to all the student members of ACM (Association of Computing Machniery) but Lillian Israel, the Director of ACM memberships sent over a mail stating that many non-computing students were joining ACM just to get Windows 7 license and hence they have removed it from the Developer Academic Alliance. But still many other worthy software packages are offered as a part of the student membership. I am a current ACM student member and when I logged in to my web account i was surprised to see that Win XP, Win Vista, Visual studio, Visio etc were offered for free to the student members. The membership also provides many elearning resources apart from discounts for ACM conference registrations. The ACM membership page provides more information about the benefits.