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I was going to write up a full post, but I'll just post a link to my source:

Free MSDNAA Access for all IEEE/ACM Student Members - 275 Programs /inc Windows 7, Vista, & XP Pro No Classes Get Eight Windows 7 Licenses for $19 if you are a HS / College Student - Slickdeals.net

You can get 6 to 8 copies of Windows Server 2008 r2 for $32 if you are a student.
You can then turn Windows Server 2008 r2 into a workstation equivalent to Windows 7
Convert your Windows Server 2008 R2 to a Workstation! -

IEEE - 2011 IEEE Membershipand Society Membership Dues

https://campus.acm.org/public/qj/QuickJ ... pe=Student



<option value="1395">Windows Server 2008 Datacenter, Enterprise and Standard (x86) - DVD (Spanish)</option>

<option value="1218">Windows Server 2008 Enterprise and Standard - DVD</option>
<option value="1240">Windows Server 2008 Enterprise and Standard - DVD (Francais)</option>
<option value="1220">Windows Server 2008 Enterprise and Standard 64bit - DVD</option>
<option value="1585">Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, and Web (x64) - DVD (Chinese-Taiwan)</option>
<option value="1477">Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, and Web (x64) - DVD (English)</option>


Also, the ACM emagazine is pretty interesting read. I've used quite a bit of the other software available in my Masters program... thought PR players would like to see this if building acustom PC, save US$60 to $100 on the OS, and have plenty of licenses to build virtual machines.

bump, I have been asked about this a few times in recent months.
ACM no longer offers access to MSDNAA
IEEE student membership still offers access if your Uni is a member of the IEEE or MSDNAA group.

if a student with a .edu email also check out dreamspark.com if you need a single legit windows server 2008 r2 product key