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where did you get free educational vista from?? Been looking for ages

Do you know if they normally do similar things for 6th form colleges???

Nice system btw, pretty much the same 1 as im gettin

when i was in p.c world getting something, i saw someone get a big discount on an OS as they were in 6th form, so if your college doesn't do it then ask at major shops like that if they do. Still better than paying full wack.

Yes they do
A few poeple applied for it in my college
Its standard to any student in full time education i think...

Or possibly you have to pay Â£75 i think

One or the other

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Yes they do
A few poeple applied for it in my college
Its standard to any student in full time education i think...

Or possibly you have to pay Â£75 i think

One or the other

yeah they do it at work - we have full campus licence

dont go thinking its all great though - we have licence servers whcih it auth`s against so when you leave it stops working - not great for a OS

Author:	Chips=GCHQ= [ Wed Aug 01, 2007 3:43 pm ]
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2Gb of memory, 320 Seagate HDD, 6750 Core 2 Duo CPU, DVD re-writer, Antec 500W power supply (60 nicker alone!), X1950 256Mb gfx card and an ASUS mobo that has 1333FSB speed, looks to be an excellent mobo for its price (about 85 quid). Total was 480 odd quid. corners were cut: No CPU cooler (yet, stock one for now), no sound card (on board for now), no new mouse or keyboard, no new tower case. Saved about 120 by not getting cooler, card mouse and tower Maybe later, in that order too Hopefully will have a new PC within 48 hours Finally bit the bullet and put in a buy. The GFX card was only 70 quid, and took the longest to decided upon. Apparently 8600's just don't perform better in game, and since I probs won't install Vista (I do have it, free naturally, educational ) - seems little point in getting bottom end crap DX10 cards. The 8800 was just tooooo big a stretch on the finances at this time, so 130 quid cheaper, the X1950 should see me through Hopefully I can finally play X3 in it's best form, play Darkstar One, Space Force Rogue Universe... maybe even Eve once more - oh, and CSS (yeah, space sim freak). Maybe learning how to shoot again soon, been nearly 18 months since I last played CSS. (also rebought headphones, they died in one ear last night, so new set with mic attachment )

Author:	Magoo=GCHQ= [ Wed Aug 01, 2007 3:45 pm ]
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nice system...and a very good price as well.

Author:	pepsimaxluvva [ Wed Aug 01, 2007 3:46 pm ]
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where did you get free educational vista from?? Been looking for ages

Author:	Chips=GCHQ= [ Wed Aug 01, 2007 3:48 pm ]
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pepsimaxluvva wrote: where did you get free educational vista from?? Been looking for ages I'm at uni, we've got free: XP Vista Excel SQL Server Access .Net (C++, C#, VB.net etc) and a horde of other things. It's a Microsoft Academic Alliance thing - the uni pays some money, in return - we get access to software (in MS interest naturally, get us using their stuff - hopefully we will for our full career kind of thing). I have an login whereby i can download the ISO's and burn to CD. Not used any yet, but will be going with XP for now I think (i already have a bought copy of it too - but lost the damned CD for now )

Author:	pepsimaxluvva [ Wed Aug 01, 2007 3:50 pm ]
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Do you know if they normally do similar things for 6th form colleges??? Nice system btw, pretty much the same 1 as im gettin

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Author:	Johns [ Wed Aug 01, 2007 3:53 pm ]
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Nice one Chips. Shoot you soon.

Author:	Chips=GCHQ= [ Wed Aug 01, 2007 3:56 pm ]
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pepsimaxluvva wrote: Do you know if they normally do similar things for 6th form colleges??? Nice system btw, pretty much the same 1 as im gettin They may very well do the same, but it's only available to those on the courses... so others at my uni can't get it, only those doing Computer Science - as the department will have probably paid many thousands of pounds for the licensing of it all... or i think they have Can ask at your college in the IT dept, but if you had access to it... they'd have told you Our cat had to go to the vet the other day - he cost as much as this rig, and he was only in for two days... Once work pay me the money they owe, and i get 300 quid tax back from previous job as well, then hopefully this will have made zero impact on my finances - so can get cooler etc Of course, if i can't, well - wallet took a pummeling today

Author:	Tjolbi=GCHQ= [ Wed Aug 01, 2007 4:26 pm ]
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nice one chips what was wrong with your cat? is he ok again?

Author:	Slayer=GCHQ= [ Wed Aug 01, 2007 4:40 pm ]
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pepsimaxluvva wrote: Do you know if they normally do similar things for 6th form colleges??? Nice system btw, pretty much the same 1 as im gettin Yes they do A few poeple applied for it in my college Its standard to any student in full time education i think... Or possibly you have to pay Â£75 i think One or the other

Author:	pepsimaxluvva [ Wed Aug 01, 2007 4:58 pm ]
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punches air go on! The 8800 GTX ultra may yet be a reality now i may not have to pay for vista

Author:	Krusk [ Wed Aug 01, 2007 5:10 pm ]
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when i was in p.c world getting something, i saw someone get a big discount on an OS as they were in 6th form, so if your college doesn't do it then ask at major shops like that if they do. Still better than paying full wack.

Author:	Slayer=GCHQ= [ Wed Aug 01, 2007 6:27 pm ]
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Krusk wrote: when i was in p.c world getting something, i saw someone get a big discount on an OS as they were in 6th form, so if your college doesn't do it then ask at major shops like that if they do. Still better than paying full wack. Make sure you take identification though Chips get on trilo man!!

Author:	Diablo-X [ Wed Aug 01, 2007 6:45 pm ]
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Nice chips, I'm getting similar rig in 2 weeks, but e4400 instead, and a X1950 XT, think yours must be a pro for Â£70??

Author:	happyslappy [ Wed Aug 01, 2007 7:16 pm ]
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Quote: Yes they do A few poeple applied for it in my college Its standard to any student in full time education i think... Or possibly you have to pay Â£75 i think One or the other yeah they do it at work - we have full campus licence dont go thinking its all great though - we have licence servers whcih it auth`s against so when you leave it stops working - not great for a OS

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Author:	Slayer=GCHQ= [ Wed Aug 01, 2007 7:47 pm ]
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happyslappy wrote: Quote: Yes they do A few poeple applied for it in my college Its standard to any student in full time education i think... Or possibly you have to pay Â£75 i think One or the other yeah they do it at work - we have full campus licence dont go thinking its all great though - we have licence servers whcih it auth`s against so when you leave it stops working - not great for a OS Ah plums, is that the same for everywhere though?? or is that just your Servers??