>But you might be able to get a free copy of full C18 from
>your local FAEs. Or maybe you want to buy them from Microchip
>China  for RMB300 or less than US$40. And you enjoy free
>upgrade in C18's whole life span.

If one is prepared to look at the registry entries, and what the updates 
expect in the registry, it is possible to get the student version to think 
it is the full version and to become updateable. I don't know if it keeps 
the optimizations though ... 

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