Win7's Student Price? $29. Hmmm...

[Paul Daniel Ash]

image source: TheAppleBlog

In an odd coincidence, and one that certainly has nothing to do with the brisk sales of Snow Leopard at its low price point</sarcasm>, Microsoft has announced low student pricing for Windows 7: $29.99, a mere ninety-nine cents more than Apple's operating system upgrade, and seventy bucks less than the Windows 7 retail price.

They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery...

[StealthBravo]

I wouldn't install windows 7 if you paid me $29.99

[drm309]

Guess I better dust off my old college ID, Even though it's "Windows Vista 1.3" or whatever clever name it's been given, you can't beat that price.

[reveritt90]

I wouldn't install windows 7 if you paid me $29.99

i wouldnt install windows 7 if you paid me the retail price haha

[gotjpeg]

oh snap buying

[Miro89]

O.o 29.99!!!! but seriously windows 7 is gr8 i have been using it for 2 months now and i am loving it

[khiphone3g]

Window 7 is awesome. If you've not used it yet, you shouldn't even be giving opinion. I have both Leopard and Window 7 on my computers. I can tell they are not different; the only problem Window now has to tackle is virus. If you're surfing the internet safely, there is no concern.

[tudtran]

For $29 I will boot camp window 7.

[nighthawk283]

I have Wndows 7 and it runs way better then vista boots up faster and a lot more less problems then vista, and virus problems haven't gotten a single on because i am running Bitdefender 2010 and protects me all around.

[Cokeman]

Why so much? I paid 10.00 for XP Student edition.
I guess I'll just get the free upgrade. Tri boot 7, Linux, & OS X on my laptop

[s4mb4]

acedemic pricing for windows Vista was only slightly higher than this.... I think the premium edition was around $59.. so why is this such a big deal?

[nikozen]

Yea all in all windows 7 is a major improvement over Vista. And as noted a price of $29.99 is hard to pass up. I just ordered my copy.

[LEELEE]

I should order a copy, but I'll save my pennies as a broke college kid.

[k9srkool]

</sarcasm>

By the way, there is a form of punctuation for sarcasm, it's ~. As in: the zune is better than the ipod~

[TheOnlyest]

I wouldn't own a Mac if you GAVE me one AND $29.99!

Well, i'd take it... i'd use the $29.99 to buy Windows7, and immediately put the Mac on ebay!

[hoits2000]

Like a great iPhone hacker once said, $30>$0

Thats what an OS is really worth.

[TheOrioles33]

I wouldn't own a Mac if you GAVE me one AND $29.99!

Well, i'd take it... i'd use the $29.99 to buy Windows7, and immediately put the Mac on ebay!

Actually if you got a Mac you would end up putting your PC on eBay!

[redcard]

If your Mac is your wife, then your PC is a prostitute

One is expensive and hardly lets you do anything, the other costs less and lets you do whatever you want.

Let's face it; the majority of Mac owners only have one to keep in with the cool kids at college.

[TheOrioles33]

If your Mac is your wife, then your PC is a prostitute

One is expensive and hardly lets you do anything, the other costs less and lets you do whatever you want.

Let's face it; the majority of Mac owners only have one to keep in with the cool kids at college.

LOL! But you can get all kinds of diseases from a prostitue.

[Luppin]

Don't let the fanboys fool you, Windows 7 actually is a very good OS having benchmarks showing IMPROVED performance over XP, an 8 year old OS. So the question is, does Snow Leopard have improved performance benchmarks over OS X Cheetah? ;]