We sell highly discounted annual licenses of MacVector Pro with Assembler to students and Post-Docs if you meet the criteria given below. The price for an annual student license is $124 and for Post-Doc licenses is $300.
These licenses of MacVector are locked to one computer and revert to MacVector Free after 12 months, but the functionality of the software is not restricted in any other way. After the 12 months, you will be able to purchase a new student/post-doc license. However, this will still be subject to the same criteria.
Purchasing a student or postdoc license
Please make the payment using the payment form below. The payment is done via PayPal. However, you do not need a PayPal account and can also pay with a credit card. You can also directly contact MacVector sales if you prefer. Following payment you will be taken to a page that will summarize the extra pieces of information that we need to create your student license. Following receipt of payment and these extra pieces of information you will be sent a license within 24 hours (longer during holidays and weekends).
Please note: If you submit a payment but do not meet the criteria detailed above, your payment will be refunded less a transaction fee of $5.
Criteria
- You must be an undergraduate or postgraduate student at an accredited educational institution. You will need to provide a photocopy or scan of a valid current student ID from this institution.
- The license is valid for a period of 12 months from the date of purchase. This period should not extend more than 6 months beyond the end of the valid period of your student ID.
- Your supervisor must email sales@macvector.com with a confirmation that you are indeed a student in their lab and must give a brief description of your research project.
- The license must be paid for with a personal credit card or Paypal account. You cannot use an Institutional card or purchase order.
- We will need the serial number of your Mac in order to generate the serial number and activation code for your license. The license will only run on this machine.
Limitations of usage
- The license is for your own personal use, and must not be used in a shared environment.
- The software may only be installed on hardware personally owned by the license holder and not by the Institute nor funded by a research grant (other than a student or postdoc grant specifically awarded to the individual). This will generally be limited to laptops, although we will be flexible in this situation.
- The license may be used for research carried out for the academic institution in pursuit of the course or for the personal research project It may not be used if the research is of a commercial nature.
Software
The software will only be provided electronically for download. Before you receive the license you will need to supply us with information about your machine, including the Hardware Serial Number. You can find this by following these instructions:
- Choose “About This Mac” from the blue Apple menu in the top left corner of the screen.
- Click on the “More Info…” button.
- That should bring up the “Hardware Overview” page of the System Profiler.
- Drag select the contents of the right hand panel, select Copy from the Edit menu and paste into an e-mail.
Please note that this is NOT the MAC address, but the serial number of the Mac itself.
Purchasing
Place an order for a student or postdoc license via PayPal. You do not need a Paypal account and can pay with a credit card).