It’s been all over the intarwebs lately, Microsoft is offering Windows 7 to students for $29.99. It is quite a deal and as long as you have a valid .EDU e-mail address and are enrolled in a U.S. education institution, you’re good to go!

Browsing the terms & conditions, it does say you can choose from Home Premium or Professional, but it’s not immediately apparent how you choose Professional on the Windows 7 for students order page. I figured out the “trick” to it is to click the link where it says: “Need to join your school’s network domain?”

The Home versions of Windows have traditionally lacked certain networking features, among other capabilities, and thus Microsoft deemed it fit to put the Professional version behind the “school’s network domain” query. There really is no reason for anyone to choose Home Premium over Professional for the same cost, so make sure you click that link.

You will be able to download your copy of Windows 7 on October 22nd and the offer is good until January 3rd, 2010. If you like, for $13 more you can have a DVD mailed to you as well.

Source: [LogicHP]