While I’ve been lamenting my return to MBA school for a few posts now, there are some great benefits to being a student.   The most recent of course is getting the new Windows 7 version of Microsoft’s OS for $30.   Evidently, students can get it from this website for only $30 and I’m in the process of getting my copy.   I’m not entirely sure why I’m buying this other than to play with it and have a copy if the need should ever arise to use it.

I am a Mac user and the only way I would use this is to dual boot my machine or more likely using Vmware’s Fusion to run it.   I’m assuming I will be able to run it on my Mac but who knows.    If I ever decide to buy another non-mac desktop, I might slap this OS on it.    Of course, it’s not just Microsoft products that you can get at a discount, online academic stores give you discounts on hardware and software which save a great deal of money.

I’ve also recently (re)-discovered that I can get discounts at the theater, plays, and other venues for being a student as well.  Sometimes, little benefits like this make the difference in continuing on with the MBA plan.