microsoft surface rt - student

Copper_pipe

Starting college in September hopefully and this would be handy!

doctorg

Anyone know of any links as to where I can pick of these up :P

markf1982

bought one of these recently as a present for a parent and have to say its a quality bit of kit. Have a nexus tablet myself but am thinking of getting one of these as i know a couple of teachers who can prob order one for me.

Apps are limited but has office and flash enabled explorer. plus the full size usb port is very handy.

As said, at this discounted price its hard to find too many faults

Inquitus

markf1982 wrote: »

bought one of these recently as a present for a parent and have to say its a quality bit of kit. Have a nexus tablet myself but am thinking of getting one of these as i know a couple of teachers who can prob order one for me.

Apps are limited but has office and flash enabled explorer. plus the full size usb port is very handy.

As said, at this discounted price its hard to find too many faults

Firefox with Flash for ICS works fine on the Nexus 7 if you want to view flash content, the only time I really need to is when i want to watch streaming sports, just fire up FF and away i go.

sarah88

I contacted my college (UCC) last week with regard to this offer, and they told me to contact Microsoft, which I did. Here was their reply

RE: Eligible University

Thanks for your interest in Microsoft Surface RT. Please excuse our delayed response as we are experiencing a very high volume of customer orders and inquiries regarding the Surface RT for education limited time offer.



Order Process:
We are processing orders and responding to inquiries as quickly as possible and we appreciate your patience. As your order enters the first stage of the fulfillment process, you will receive a confirmation email which may include questions and order clarifications. We will then work to process your order as quickly as possible.

Answering Questions:
If you are emailing with a question about the offer, please take a look at the program overview and frequently asked questions below. For questions not covered below, a representative will contact you soon with a specific response.

Program Overview:
Microsoft is pleased to offer special pricing on Surface RT directly to schools and universities for a limited time between June 17, 2013 and August 31, 2013.

Our mission in education is to help schools and universities, students and educators realize their full potential. One way we do this is by offering software, hardware and services at affordable prices to education institutions. Surface RT is a terrific tool for teaching and learning and we want students and educators to have the best technology on the market today.

Frequently asked questions (FAQ):
Q) Is the offer open to individuals (students, teachers & employees of an institution)
A) This offer is open for purchase by educational institutions only. This offer is not open to individuals (students, teachers or employees of an institution) for purchase through personal funds.

Q) Is there a minimum quantity requirement for the order?
A) No, there is no minimum quantity requirement

Q) What payment methods are accepted?
A) US/Canada: Payments can be made via an institution (school) Purchase Order or an institution (school) credit card.
Outside US/Canada: Payments can only be made via an institution (school) Purchase Order

Q) Which countries is the offer valid in?
A) Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China (via Digital China), Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States (includes Puerto Rico).

Q) Is there a different order form for each country?
A) Yes, orders must be submitted using country specific order forms with country specific SKUs and pricing.

Q) When does the offer end?
A) The Surface for education limited time offer is open through August 31st, 2013.

Q) Is the offer extended to Home schools?
A) We are unable to extend the Surface for education limited time offer to home schools at this time.

Thanks

Surface Education Team



Most of the information we already knew, but it appears that it might not be as easy as I thought to get my hands on one. I will get back to the college but I doubt they will just sell them on to students at the discounted price. Might be too much work for them.

paddydriver

Fact that it needs to all go via the school/college, is it not a bit of a stupid offer period considering most schools and colleges are closed, or near closed, for the summer? Seems like just some free PR for Microsoft.

feelgoodinc27

paddydriver wrote: »

Fact that it needs to all go via the school/college, is it not a bit of a stupid offer period considering most schools and colleges are closed, or near closed, for the summer? Seems like just some free PR for Microsoft.

3rd level colleges are open all year round, unfortunately postgrads don't get 3 months summer holidays!

blankblank

I felt another touchpad moment coming along,,,,,,,

Doubt the colleges will sell them on. Id imagine there'd be many official loops for someone in the college to jump through to get sanctioned to buy these for students using college funds and sell them on.

yosser hughes

I got in touch with DIT. At first they hadn't even heard of the offer. Then they got back to me with the following:

Hi , Microsoft have sent this on to me: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/archive/2013/06/25/academic-pricing-on-surface-rt.aspx …. Unfortunately, it looks like it isn't open to individual

Doesn't seem like DIT are too arsed about availing of it.

I got back to them saying I know it isn't open to individuals to order but would the college be ordering them to sell on to students.
I haven't heard back.

Turtwig

Doubt many institutions in Ireland will buy these things in advance and then wait to see if Students want them. Silly on MS's part. If they just let folks buy them by confirming their status at an institution and have an institution sign off on it they'd make a lot more money.

Outkast_IRE

Just posted on Microsoft facebook page, basically telling them that the promotion in its current form is flawed and that they should be accepting applications for a device themselves and using the students college email address to verify they are a student.

Might be a good idea if you like or also comment, if Microsoft are using this for free PR lets make a fuss on their page and give them some bad PR

ronanc1000

It would be good if they just let us students provide sufficient info that we are students in our respective colleges and give us the discount that way!
:cool:

yosser hughes

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

Just posted on Microsoft facebook page, basically telling them that the promotion in its current form is flawed and that they should be accepting applications for a device themselves and using the students college email address to verify they are a student.

Might be a good idea if you like or also comment, if Microsoft are using this for free PR lets make a fuss on their page and give them some bad PR

What MS Facebook page did you post on? They seem to have several.

dmc17

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

Just posted on Microsoft facebook page, basically telling them that the promotion in its current form is flawed and that they should be accepting applications for a device themselves and using the students college email address to verify they are a student.

Might be a good idea if you like or also comment, if Microsoft are using this for free PR lets make a fuss on their page and give them some bad PR

Exactly, they offer a lot of their software to students for free through Dreamspark. Why not use something like that?

It must be that they want colleges to start using them to give them more exposure. Oh well

Outkast_IRE

yosser hughes wrote: »

What MS Facebook page did you post on? They seem to have several.

The simple "Microsoft" one , they have deleted my comments already

ronanc1000

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

The simple "Microsoft" one , they have deleted my comments already

They have deleted mine also! Grrr!
Wonder is there a way of getting through to Microsoft Ireland?

fl4pj4ck

ronanc1000 wrote: »

They have deleted mine also! Grrr!
Wonder is there a way of getting through to Microsoft Ireland?

I tried few years back to no avail. My college was ripping students off asking to pay for licenses they got free, nobody in Microsoft couldn't be arsed about it. I was being sent from one person to another and at the end I just gave up.

Mr Sheen

sarah88 wrote: »

I contacted my college (UCC) last week with regard to this offer, and they told me to contact Microsoft, which I did. Here was their reply

RE: Eligible University

Thanks for your interest in Microsoft Surface RT. Please excuse our delayed response as we are experiencing a very high volume of customer orders and inquiries regarding the Surface RT for education limited time offer.



Order Process:
We are processing orders and responding to inquiries as quickly as possible and we appreciate your patience. As your order enters the first stage of the fulfillment process, you will receive a confirmation email which may include questions and order clarifications. We will then work to process your order as quickly as possible.

Answering Questions:
If you are emailing with a question about the offer, please take a look at the program overview and frequently asked questions below. For questions not covered below, a representative will contact you soon with a specific response.

Program Overview:
Microsoft is pleased to offer special pricing on Surface RT directly to schools and universities for a limited time between June 17, 2013 and August 31, 2013.

Our mission in education is to help schools and universities, students and educators realize their full potential. One way we do this is by offering software, hardware and services at affordable prices to education institutions. Surface RT is a terrific tool for teaching and learning and we want students and educators to have the best technology on the market today.

Frequently asked questions (FAQ):
Q) Is the offer open to individuals (students, teachers & employees of an institution)
A) This offer is open for purchase by educational institutions only. This offer is not open to individuals (students, teachers or employees of an institution) for purchase through personal funds.

Q) Is there a minimum quantity requirement for the order?
A) No, there is no minimum quantity requirement

Q) What payment methods are accepted?
A) US/Canada: Payments can be made via an institution (school) Purchase Order or an institution (school) credit card.
Outside US/Canada: Payments can only be made via an institution (school) Purchase Order

Q) Which countries is the offer valid in?
A) Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China (via Digital China), Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States (includes Puerto Rico).

Q) Is there a different order form for each country?
A) Yes, orders must be submitted using country specific order forms with country specific SKUs and pricing.

Q) When does the offer end?
A) The Surface for education limited time offer is open through August 31st, 2013.

Q) Is the offer extended to Home schools?
A) We are unable to extend the Surface for education limited time offer to home schools at this time.

Thanks

Surface Education Team



Most of the information we already knew, but it appears that it might not be as easy as I thought to get my hands on one. I will get back to the college but I doubt they will just sell them on to students at the discounted price. Might be too much work for them.

Hi, did u manage to get an order form for Ireland? I cannot find one anywhere!

Kevvv

yosser hughes wrote: »

I got in touch with DIT. At first they hadn't even heard of the offer. Then they got back to me with the following:


Doesn't seem like DIT are too arsed about availing of it.

I got back to them saying I know it isn't open to individuals to order but would the college be ordering them to sell on to students.
I haven't heard back.

Which address did you email DIT at? I'll send one too and get the interest going (if they care)

zom

Jernal wrote: »

Doubt many institutions in Ireland will buy these things in advance and then wait to see if Students want them. Silly on MS's part. If they just let folks buy them by confirming their status at an institution and have an institution sign off on it they'd make a lot more money.

I talked to one private educational institution and they said they are not interested at all, even if most of courses they provide are IT related. They are aware that Win RT is "dead end" and there is no point to introduce it to learning program. In fact they are quite busy during summer break, preparing for 2013-14 season.

Enright

Who in microsoft did you contact? can you pm me the email/ details please

ablelocks

i'm assisting a primary school on this - called microsoft sales number and was told to email surfaceedu@microsoft.com for further info and purchase order forms. i haven't received a response yet, i assume because of the volume of requests.

sarah88

Mr Sheen wrote: »

Hi, did u manage to get an order form for Ireland? I cannot find one anywhere!

no can't find any forms but I would imagine they might send them if you emailed.

yosser hughes

Kevvv wrote: »

Which address did you email DIT at? I'll send one too and get the interest going (if they care)

I actually tweeted them. @ditofficial

I also tweeted @ditcomputing but got no response from them.

yosser hughes

DIT got back to me after I asked them to clarify if they would be buying them as an institution and thus make these available to students;

This was their reply:

...........there are no plans to but the products.

Disappointing.

glic83

So is there any college that has confirmed they will be buying them?

NotVeryHappy

Any update on this?

You need to contact your school/college to see if they are getting any in.

NotVeryHappy

Deleted User wrote: »

You need to contact your school/college to see if they are getting any in.

I contacted DCU a few days ago but they're yet to reply

already_taken

If anybody gets their hands on an Irish order form could they post a link here? ... haven't got any helpful feedback from MS yet