Operating Systems

[rocket357]

Unless it is the OEM version, I think it is perfectly legal.

And by the way, Academic Alliance might not allow you to legally use the software in your home system now, does it?

*msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/academic/default.aspx :

MSDN Academic Alliance (MSDN AA) is designed to provide the easiest and most inexpensive way for universities to make the latest Microsoft software available in labs, classrooms, and on student PCs.

I graduate this winter, so after that I can't use my copy of Windows XP, SQL Server 2005, VS 2005, or Windows 2003 Server. At that point, though, I really won't have a need for them =)

 

[ilugd]

oh.. Thanks for the clarification.

 

[Sarvesh]

Use Legal version

 

[goobimama]

OS X. Just 4k. (Although you got to buy a whole lot of hardware to run that

 

[abhijangda]

pro retail will be best.