Quote Originally Posted by trotest View Post
I think the student release is a good choice as well. This version is actually a real full XP Pro which includes all of known features that the XP Pro has. Plus, you don't have to activate and can still download bugfixes from Microsoft "legally."
yep the plus point of the student edition is that it does not require a validation test
which is always a good thing and there is no patching required either.