:attn: finally one I here that I'm experienced with.

I purchased ver. 7.0 from my college bookstore. ufortunately we do not receive any support for educational copies
or any benefit that users or full legal licences receive.

It will cost me 379 US dollars to purchase the full version of maya 2008. however it is much much cheaper than the full retail version.

the only difference is that you cannot use it for profit.