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richk
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      06-21-2009
I am going to purchase a vista upgrade online, but I don't want to buy the
academic version by mistake. Some sellers say academic or non-academic, but
some don't mention it. Can I tell from a picture of the package? (vista
home premium)

 
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The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly Known as Nina DiBoy'
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      06-21-2009
richk wrote:
> I am going to purchase a vista upgrade online, but I don't want to buy
> the academic version by mistake. Some sellers say academic or
> non-academic, but some don't mention it. Can I tell from a picture of
> the package? (vista home premium)


You can tell from the price. The academic licensed ones cost much, much
less.

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Manny Weisbord
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      06-22-2009
"richk" <> wrote:

>I am going to purchase a vista upgrade online, but I don't want to buy the
>academic version by mistake. Some sellers say academic or non-academic, but
>some don't mention it. Can I tell from a picture of the package? (vista
>home premium)


How will you know that the picture is correct?
 
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Richard G. Harper
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      06-22-2009
If you are in doubt of what you are buying, you are buying from the wrong
source.

"richk" <> wrote in message
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> I am going to purchase a vista upgrade online, but I don't want to buy the
> academic version by mistake. Some sellers say academic or non-academic,
> but some don't mention it. Can I tell from a picture of the package?
> (vista home premium)


 
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      06-22-2009

"richk" <> wrote in message
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> I am going to purchase a vista upgrade online, but I don't want to buy the
> academic version by mistake. Some sellers say academic or non-academic,
> but some don't mention it. Can I tell from a picture of the package?
> (vista home premium)



I didn't think there WAS an "academic" licence for Vista - I have never seen
one. OFFICE now, is a different matter.

 
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JEWboy
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      06-22-2009
You're confused, no such thing as Academic Vista, unless you buy form your
college shop?

Just goto ZipZoomFly.com, TigerDirect.com, or Ecost.com

ZipZoomFly sells OEM (no box/no manual) bare DVD's, looks cheap but here's a
catch:
To legally buy OEM disk you need to also buy a piece of hardware, but you
might in fact need a piece of hardware anyway, I've been using ZipZoomFly
since MANY year sago when they were known as "GoogleGear.com", until Google
slapped them with a lawsuit for trademark violation.

 
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