I can't believe the discounts students get on software!
#41
I don't have a Ferrari in
Originally Posted by #1 STUNNA
the price that's it. The thought is that they'll provide the software for cheap cause
A. students are broke and can't afford to pay full price and they need the software for the class their taking.
B. if you learn how to use their software you'r more likely to stick with what you already know then switch to a new software and then they'll make their money when you upgrade.
It's just like gillette sending you the free razor in the mail on your 18th birthday!
A. students are broke and can't afford to pay full price and they need the software for the class their taking.
B. if you learn how to use their software you'r more likely to stick with what you already know then switch to a new software and then they'll make their money when you upgrade.
It's just like gillette sending you the free razor in the mail on your 18th birthday!
As for razors though, I've always got free ones. I have about 3 or 4 other ones that Gillette or Schick has sent me. Never really had to buy anything.
#43
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Originally Posted by Whiskers
So does paying for software...
the people who write their software.
Why bother paying for food in restaurants, then?
or paying for anything for that matter?
I'm a software developer, maybe while you're at it you should break
into my condo and take all my furniture?
#44
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Originally Posted by Billiam
Microsoft and Adobe's products can be upgraded but only by edu-edition upgrades. On the Adobe side, that may just be a paper threat as I've seen several reports of people saying they had no problems upgrading edu versions of Photoshop with a retail upgrades.
Feel free to call adobe support - you can use 'regular' upgrades to legally update academic versions. I have done it myself, personally.
#45
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Originally Posted by mastertl
whats the difference between a regular and student copy?
For most of us, that's no big deal.
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Originally Posted by jlukja
How does Microsoft verify that you're a student? I saw MS Office Professional 2007 for around $150 at Office Depot but it was for students.
#47
F1 cart racer
Originally Posted by TommySalami
It's too bad they shut down DC++ before you got here. You really missed out on that one.
And I just got Office 2008 for Mac today, along with Aperture
Thank you, what.cd
and i've got invites for anyone who wants one
And I just got Office 2008 for Mac today, along with Aperture
Thank you, what.cd
and i've got invites for anyone who wants one
hook a brother up!
#48
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Originally Posted by ChodTheWacko
Oh, god forbid that someone actually has to PAY money and support
the people who write their software.
Why bother paying for food in restaurants, then?
or paying for anything for that matter?
I'm a software developer, maybe while you're at it you should break
into my condo and take all my furniture?
the people who write their software.
Why bother paying for food in restaurants, then?
or paying for anything for that matter?
I'm a software developer, maybe while you're at it you should break
into my condo and take all my furniture?
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I called Adobe and asked what the difference was....they said that when its time to upgrade...you have to pay full price....they don't offer "student discounts" on upgrades. So I guess they see it as bait to get you in as a full paying customer later on.
#51
Three Wheelin'
The upgrades are only a couple hundred dollars anyways.
Does Adobe even offer the educational versions anymore? I know they offer the discount to students and faculty, but the packaging doesn't say "Educational Version" on them anymore. Even the serial numbers used to start with "EDU" and now they don't.
My copy of Creative Suite Premium doesn't show any signs that it's not the professional version.
Does Adobe even offer the educational versions anymore? I know they offer the discount to students and faculty, but the packaging doesn't say "Educational Version" on them anymore. Even the serial numbers used to start with "EDU" and now they don't.
My copy of Creative Suite Premium doesn't show any signs that it's not the professional version.
#52
Look on the main box, on the spine, for me
Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended
Macintosh / Education.
Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended
Macintosh / Education.
#54
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Originally Posted by doopstr
Do you pay for all of your music?
piracy comment. Feel free to make another thread if you want to continue.....
But for English songs, yes. (I'd buy tons of chinese music if there
was a itunes variant that sold chinese music......)
I never understood why people had to have 82394732947329 songs
on their ipod. If people nuked their entire collection and just rebuilt it,
legit, say, 2 songs/$2 a day legit via itunes, I think people would be
plenty happy especially after say, two weeks. Most piraters stockpile
and never listen/watch what they have anyway.
With regards to piracy, I'm more tolerant with music, because the music studios suck up almost all the money anyway, and the artists, who are the ones we care
about, get very little.
On the other hand, I have purchased some wonderful software programs,
and will never see better versions because the company shut down (presumably due to lack of sales. ). I have also seen wonderul movies that will never have sequels, or any movies similar to them, also because they didn't do 'good enough' in the box office or in dvd sales.
As a movie lover, I find it horrifying when people pirate great movies, and then go to the theater to watch crap movies. That's half the reason so many new movies are crap.
So yeah, I'm extremely anal with regards to software and movie piracy.
Deal with it.
- Frank
#55
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Originally Posted by Nicky Pass
I called Adobe and asked what the difference was....they said that when its time to upgrade...you have to pay full price....they don't offer "student discounts" on upgrades. So I guess they see it as bait to get you in as a full paying customer later on.
When I bought CS2 the pricing was something like:
CS2 base version : $600
CS2 base version (academic): $300
CS2 upgrade: $150
There is no 'CS2 upgrade (academic)' for $75, but I got the CS2 upgrade to go
from CS academic to CS2 'regular'.
This is base version - I don't think the 'suite' crud is worth the $$$.
- Frank
#57
I now drive an accord....
Originally Posted by DRM600
in the verification process, do they want just a copy of the student id? i have a .edu email for life and my student id has no dates on it.
#58
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Originally Posted by DRM600
in the verification process, do they want just a copy of the student id? i have a .edu email for life and my student id has no dates on it.
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i wonder if anybody really checks to see if a person is a currently enrolled student.
for those with .edu email addresses, do yours go inactive after you graduate or do you get to keep it?
for those with .edu email addresses, do yours go inactive after you graduate or do you get to keep it?
#60
Big Block go VROOOM!
Originally Posted by DRM600
i wonder if anybody really checks to see if a person is a currently enrolled student.
for those with .edu email addresses, do yours go inactive after you graduate or do you get to keep it?
for those with .edu email addresses, do yours go inactive after you graduate or do you get to keep it?
As for the .edu email, I work in Higher Education IT and I can tell you that the answer to your question is all over the map.
#61
Needs more Lemon Pledge
Just picked up Photochop CS3 Extended and Lightroom for $379!
Nothing like a couple of community college classes to qualify you for the student discount!
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