As the release date for Windows 7 approaches many electronics resellers offer free Windows 7 with some quite powerful configurations. For example TigerDirect offers MAINGEAR F1X 750 Gaming PC – Intel Core i7 975 Extreme Edition, 12GB DDR3, 128GB SSD, 1TB HDD, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295, Water-cooled, Blu-ray RW, DVDRW, Vista Home Premium 64-bit

This is a over 4000 $ machine that will make any gamers dreams come true. However, not all machines that offer free Windows 7 are that expensive, for example the Systemax Venture V7C Desktop PC – Intel Dual Core E3200 2.4GHz, Windows Vista Home Premium 64 Bit, 4GB DDR2 800MHz, 500GB SATA HDD, DVDRW will provide a Free Upgrade to Windows 7 and Free 1 Year Anti-Virus and will only cost you 400$.

Keep in mind that if you are a collage student you can get a 30 $ Windows 7

Also all students should keep in mind that