Windows 7 only $30 for UK and US students

Microsoft will be selling Windows 7 to interested post-secondary students, for a limited time, for a dang-low price. For an upgrade version of Windows 7 Home Premium or Professional, UK students will be able to pick it up for £30, while US students will only be charged $30.

It seems that you'll be able to upgrade to Premium or Professional, so it is unclear as to why anyone would choose Premium. Anyways: keep in mind you'll need a valid, existing copy of Windows to upgrade from. But if you don't have a valid copy of XP or Vista, it appears that you can be extra thrifty (and somewhat sneaky) by getting a valid beta code for the beta version of Windows 7, download that for free, install that, and than upgrade from their.

So far, only the details for the U.K students have been put out there by Microsoft. But other big countries will be getting this deal to, including: Canada, Australia, Korea, Mexico, France, and Germany. The US offer will open up very soon, apparently. Any moment now.

Students will verified by their email address: so you'll want one that ends in the suffix ".edu".

The offer will start on October 1st, and you'll be able to download Windows 7 when it comes out on the 22nd. The offer will end in early March it seems.

Here's a Neoseeker Public Service Announcement: Being a student can put you in rough financial shape, but if you can pick up an OS that could conceivably last you 5-8 years or more, you just might want to skip a couple of pizzas, and a few cases of beer, to grab this deal while it is available. Or use Linux!