Windows 7 Pro Academic Discount

[cmpm]

$29.99, a very good price. I Doubt if there will be any better.
Probably cause w8 is coming, but nevertheless, with a .edu address,
you can get this deal.

http://www.microsoft.com/student/en/us/windows/buynow/default.aspx

following the links-

http://store.digitalriver.com/store?Action=DisplayStudentHeroRegistrationPage&Env=BASE&Locale=en_US&SiteID=msshus

Looking through the FAQ, US, Canada and UK are eligible.
As well as ways to get it without a .edu address if your school does not provide it.
Plus there is a listing of schools as well, which may help.

via - Explore Windows Newsletter
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/newsletter.aspx

[Carol Haynes]

Hmmm - strange conversion rate:

US - $29.99

Canada - $39.99 (English and French price - not clear if this is US$ or CAD) = $42 US (if in CAD)

UK - £79.99 = $132.31 US

Australia - $119 (not clear if US$ or AUS$) If AUS$ then equivalent to $128US

France - 35 Euro = $51.32 US

So which country is the rip off version? You guessed it!

What is particularly gauling (no pun intended, honest) is that the EU is supposed to be a single market so why is the UK version $80 more expensive than the French?

More interesting is the discount price for Microsoft Office 2010 Pro for Students - UK under £50 ($80 for US students) which is a pretty good deal if you need the works.

[cmpm]

Sorry Carol, I didn't know all that.
Prices should not be so different for different countries.
Heck, it's just a dvd to mail.

[mediaguycouk]

The British price is strange. The American version stays quite constant during the year, but the british goes down to £29.99 between about September and November and then returns to £79.99 for the rest of the year.

[40hz]

What is particularly gauling (no pun intended, honest) is that the EU is supposed to be a single market so why is the UK version $80 more expensive than the French?

Just out of curiosity, isn't gauling spelled "galling"? Or is that just in America? 

[Carol Haynes]

True - but ever heard of Asterix the Gaul ?

[cmpm]

sounds familiar and still happening
ms and apple and the like

[40hz]

True - but ever heard of Asterix the Gaul ?

Have all the Asterix & Obelix books actually. Great stories! 

Like your "gauling" variant more too. Captures the concept so much better. Especially for those of us old enough to remember General Charles.  

[Carol Haynes]

You mean "the one with the big 'ooter"?

[cranioscopical]

You mean "the one with the big 'ooter"?

The original kepi'd crusader

[Shades]

Brown noser....as he spent quite some time in North Africa (Marocco, if memory serves me right).