MSDN Wannabe

[ecookman]

I am looking for cheep stuff from Microsoft, to do this I have heard you need to be a MSDN member.

BUUUTTT It isn't as easy as signing up, you have to be apart of a corporation, University student or something. Since I am in G11 I don't exactly qualify, what now, where should I go...


(Lol if I can... mind if Compsi is a corporation that I am a member of?

[saltpro15]

My father is a member. It's great, we've gotten a bunch of software from Microsoft for 10$ or less

[ecookman]

saltpro15 @ Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:52 pm wrote:

My father is a member. It's great, we've gotten a bunch of software from Microsoft for 10$ or less

Hence why I want to become a member. One of my father's co-workers (new university grad) got Win7 pro. for like under $40.

[saltpro15]

I think if you start a blog that reviews Microsoft products, they'll grant you membership.

[ecookman]

Any other ideas? from anyone else?

(thanks btw, I'll look into it.)

[Tony]

ecookman @ Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:54 pm wrote:

got Win7 pro. for like under $40.

I got it for free. Still prefer my OS X though.

I think https://www.dreamspark.com/ offers some of the software to high school students. You are not getting Win7 from there though.

[rdrake]

$8.26 with tax from the bookstore for ultimate.

[apomb]

Tony @ Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:15 pm wrote:

ecookman @ Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:54 pm wrote:

got Win7 pro. for like under $40.

I got it for free. Still prefer my OS X though.

Everything here plus:

Join IEEE.

I have a membership with MSDN through that and my college.

[[Gandalf]]

Yeah, I get it free too, but haven't bothered yet.

[SNIPERDUDE]

Same here, got IEEE membership for my Computer Engineering program.

[DemonWasp]

If you're a UW student (obviously doesn't apply to the OP...), you can get Windows 7 Pro for free (as well as several other versions of Windows) through the UWaterloo / MSDN storefront. It uses scary words like "shopping cart" and "checkout" but it's relatively simple. See here and click on "Log In" at the top left.

Until then, either work with your existing XP / Vista or try Linux or BSD or Solaris or whatever.

[Alexmula]

university of windsor CS students also get a membership with MSDN may or may not be free (idk if its included in tuition)

[Euphoracle]

Tony @ Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:15 pm wrote:

ecookman @ Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:54 pm wrote:

got Win7 pro. for like under $40.

I got it for free. Still prefer my OS X though.

I think https://www.dreamspark.com/ offers some of the software to high school students. You are not getting Win7 from there though.

I fucking love OSX. I bought a macbook pro at the beginning of this month, absolutely no going back to windows for daily computer stuff. I'm just kind of sad that I can't put it on my monstrosity of a desktop which is currently used for games and storage.

Just sayin'

[SNIPERDUDE]

I couldn't afford a Mac, so I bought a decent computer and triple booted Hackintosh, Linux, and XP (using an external HD to store files).

If I could I would get one.