Microsoft To Extend Windows 7 Student Deals To Europe & US

Microsoft has expanded its Windows 7 student deal to US and will include Europe and other countries as from the 22nd of October, shortly after the operating system will be officially launched.

Windows 7 Home Edition or Professional will be available for as little as $30 in the US, compared to £30 - or a 60 percent premium - in the UK. The operating system will be available a a downloadable ISO and students will receive a genuine serial number.

Microsoft has also confirmed that it will be launching Windows 7 for students in France, Germany, Canada and other territories. Interested students will have to register on a special website called win741.com using a college or university e-mail address (ed: they may actually spend their extra monnies on getting that iPod Touch).

They will be able to order from the 30th, just like in UK while the other countries - which includes Korea and Mexico - will have to wait until the launch of Windows. US Colleges and other educational establishments can make full use of Microsoft's specially created MSDN Academic Alliance which acts as a giant download legal website for all Microsoft products.

French students can apparently still download Windows 7 Release Candidate albeit in ... French and they can purchase Office 2007 Ultimate through the French equivalent of the Ultimate Steal for 52 Euros.