Go to the Ohio State bookstore...you should be able to get cheap student versions there. Should be less than $100, if I remember right.

Might alos check with your department. In some departments, students are required to have laptops and the school may be able to install a version of XP or similar for free, based on purchasing a multi-user license designed for precisely this purpose.

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