August 2, 200521 yr I have an old college buddy that is still in college (LOL), he hooked me up with a copy of XP SP2 from the store on campus. Little did I know it was the student version. Anyone know the differences between the two versions? Pros/Cons? TIA.
August 2, 200521 yr there cant be any pros over the regular version, ive never heard of a student version OS, only for office
August 2, 200521 yr Author I don't think its and upgrade only, it should be the full install... I have read that its exactly the same just a little cheaper for college students. Just wondering if anyone knew anything different.
August 2, 200521 yr The 'CDkey' supplied with the academic versions expires in 365 days.This expiry is common with many softwares such as MS Officeand Adobe Phtoshop.Shark
August 2, 200521 yr It depends on the student version you get and what their school gives to them. My student version for my school is a full version but it can only be activated on one machine. That is the only difference. However if I buy a new computer I can call them and activate it as well. As for performance or anything of greatness.. NO.. there is no difference.. Just a different licensing model.
August 2, 200521 yr The one provided by my university (which i downloaded from e-Academy website, in an encrypted exe that extracts the iso) is a full version, it installs on clean systems, and the the WinInfo 2.4 (the old tool to check windows 2000 expiration) says it will not expire, so i guess it'sa real full version.The download edition is Windows XP Pro SP1a, i integrated SP2 in it, then i tried to compare contents of the CDs, the university has few more files (ATIxxxx.dl_, which seems to be ati drivers, who knows), and the Drivers.cab is few mb's bigger..Price? computer engineering students get it for free , it is also possible to get server 2003 (all flavours), visual studio 2003 pro, and many other tools...Thanks university !!!! Edited August 2, 200521 yr by ramik
August 3, 200521 yr I know.. dont you love it.. e-Acadamy is awsome.. I too have all flavors of 2003 and XP along with Visual Studios and Visio, Project and Virtural PC... all for free... YES... THANK YOU UNIVERSITY
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