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Money Saving Tips For Student Gamers

Microsoft Xbox 360 Update

by SoftwareGuru

We know that many customers with Software4Students Ireland are gamers so this article brings you some great news.

While the typical price for the Xbox 360 120GB HDD is around €80 to €90, you can now install an update via Xbox Live which will allow you to use cheap USB flash drives up to 16GB instead.

The announcement that Microsoft has released an Xbox 360 system update enabling consumers to use USB memory storage devices is welcome news for owners of older models that came with 20GB HDD. 

High speed 4GB USB flash drives (also known as pen drives) retail online for around €10 and can be used for profiles, games saves, DLC and full games.

Student gamers on a budget can now utilise cheap flash memory without having to break open the piggy bank for a more expensive option.

It's worth making a mental note of the availability of online hardware bargains through other sites alongside the cheap computer software available from Software4Students Ireland.



















Value For Money

Now that student gamers have more options when it comes to memory storage, there is far less of an incentive to hack the console itself to enable storage via regular external HDDs.

This is what Playstation 3 gamers use but it makes the platform much more susceptible to piracy.

It doesn't matter whether we're discussing Microsoft Office 2010 or Halo Reach, value for money is the difference between making a sale or pushing students towards piracy. 

At Software4Students Ireland, we continue to emphasise the clear difference between outstanding value for money and free alternatives.

There is always a point where the value of free can be surpassed by the overwhelming superiority and value for money of the paid software option.

As a Joomla! user, I know exactly how important open source software is and how passionate some people can get on the subject.

The bottom line is that parents, guardians and students are more interested in value for money than cheerleading for companies.
Software on Demand

High speed broadband is changing the way we use products and services.

Xbox 360 users can already download games, play online with friends, stream movies, watch Sky TV, and more thanks to broadband.

Now customers with Software4Students Ireland have the option to buy Office software with a Microsoft Office 2010 download option.

In fact, most of our student software catalogue is now available to download and use the same day.


Finally, any serious PC gamer needs a 64-bit Windows operating system. Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit with DX11 support will keep you ready for the cutting edge graphics that are coming with the arrival of Crysis 2.

Have fun gaming and remember to check our article section regularly for more money saving tips.


Click on the following link to visit our Windows 7 Upgrade category.


 











Money Saving Tips For Student Gamers