XP Pro Academic version?

[Vicki]

Is there any difference between the full retail and the
academic version? I definitely qualify for the
academic...but dont want it if it doesnt come with ALL of
the same features...

Thanks in advance...Vicki

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

The only differences are the price and the terms of the license.
Functionally, they're the same.

Bruce Chambers

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[Vicki]

-----Original Message-----
Greetings --

The only differences are the price and the terms of the license.
Functionally, they're the same.

Bruce Chambers

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Hi Bruce...thanks for your reply...

I understand what you mean about the price
difference...but what do you mean, "terms of license"?

Thanks again...Vicki

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Essentially, you can only use the Academic license while you're a
student or faculty. Once you graduate or drop-out of a qualifying
accredited educational facility, your license expires. If you're
faculty, the license expires if your employment at a qualifying
accredited educational facility ends.

For full details:

Are You Eligible for Academic Pricing
http://www.microsoft.com/education/?ID=Eligible


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[Tedd Riggs]

Bruce,
Are you saying that once you are no longer a student, that to remain "legal"
you have to delete whatever Student version you have and go out and buy the
full version ? It makes sense kinda, but also seems a little unfair having
to pay twice. Yikes after my Univ. days, I would not have been able to
afford DOS, it all went into Student loans !
Thanks
Tedd

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

That's what I understand.

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[Tedd Riggs]

OK thanks alot Bruce, a new piece of info that I had not even thought about.
Would this also apply to MSDN subscriptions if you do not have MSDN anymore
?
Tedd

 

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

OK thanks alot Bruce, a new piece of info that I had not even thought about.
Would this also apply to MSDN subscriptions if you do not have MSDN anymore
?

Hi

From "MSDN Subscriptions General Q&A" at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/faq/default.asp

<quote>
() When a subscription expires, do the licenses terminate or are
they still valid?


MSDN Subscriptions have a perpetual license, so subscribers can still
use the products received with their MSDN Subscription after their
subscription has expired.

</quote>

 

[Alex Nichol]

Is there any difference between the full retail and the
academic version? I definitely qualify for the
academic...but dont want it if it doesnt come with ALL of
the same features...

Same system, under more restrictive license terms (to you only, while
you continue to have the student status)

 

[Alex Nichol]

Are you saying that once you are no longer a student, that to remain "legal"
you have to delete whatever Student version you have and go out and buy the
full version ? It makes sense kinda, but also seems a little unfair having
to pay twice.

I think in more practical terms it means it will die with the machine it
is installed on - which is likely to be getting into obsolescence pretty
soon after the course ends

 

[Tedd Riggs]

HA.
At the rate I went thru graduate courses, it would be dead and we would be
up to at least Windows 2010