Can't quite believe this! (Cheap Windows 7)

[dazdaz]

You guys/gals should think yourselves lucky, I'm still waiting for the SP1 update on my Commodore 64

[frostbite]

Oh, what a shame!

I've just thrown the cassette away.

[al446]

Tomorrow is last day to download W7 RC, hope this link works:

Link

Sorry about the length, I can't help it.

[amanoffewwords]

Originally Posted by dazdaz

You guys/gals should think yourselves lucky, I'm still waiting for the SP1 update on my Commodore 64

Will SP1a for a Commodore VIC 20 do? It's on a 5 1/4 floppy mind

re shortening URLs (last post) try tinyurl.com

[Saab Dastard]

Sorry about the length, I can't help it.

Yes, please make your links longer in future!

SD

[al446]

SD, When I posted it t'was about 6 lines long. Maybe I'm just used to apologising for length?

[Mushroom_2]

I recently installed Win 7 on a new computer. Went like clockwork. After 2 days use I find it excellent - I have XP Pro on all but one computer in the house and it's a huge improvement. I have experience of Vista on 1 computer and it convinced me never to use it on anything else.

I will be upgrading all my computers in the near future. It's what Vista should have been.

[Keef]

I got called in by next door neighbour whose daughter had managed to trash her hard drive. I put in a spare, and installed Win7RC1. It took about 15 minutes from start to finish - she was very impressed. It took another couple of hours to install the other software, set it up, and copy in her stuff from backups, though.

She's very happy, and looking for the best price for a "release" version of Win 7 come the day.

Compared with the XP Media Center Edition on there before, it's a major improvement.

[Lightning6]

If you pre-order from PC World you can save over 50% :-

PC World UK Computer Superstore - Buy cheap computers, laptops, desktop PCs, printers, LCD TVs, sat nav, digital cameras and more..

[eticket]

I dunno, I got a BSOD within about 15 seconds of my first desktop running XP reaching the familiar desktop screen.

I thought I was doing quite well to lose the taskbar after only 5 minutes with XP. It wasn't hiding, it had gone forever. It turned out to be 'a known problem'. So congratulations on 15 seconds!

[ORAC]

Cheap Windows 7

Cheap way to get Windows 7 for around £60. Minus, of course, anything you make selling on the Vista you bought.....

Windows 7 Home Premium Available For £60.75 Thanks To Loophole

For those looking to shave a few pounds off the price of the next Windows 7 Home Premium edition, there is apparently a loophole involving the upgrade version of Windows Vista Home Premium.

According to the terms and conditions at Amazon, buying an eligible copy of Windows Vista from Amazon.co.uk between 26th June and 15th October 2009 are eligible for a free copy of the equivalent version of Windows 7 when it is launched.

In addition, Amazon's FAQ section says that "At present in the EU, all versions of Windows 7 (Home Premium, Professional and Ultimate) are the full product.s This means that to install Windows 7, you do not need any previous version of Windows installed on your computer."

Now, the upgrade version of Windows Vista, Home Premium Edition with Service Pack 1 is one of them and happens to be the cheapest at £60.75, a saving of lightly more than £3 compared to Amazon's price for Windows 7 Home Premium.

Agharta from consumer forum Hotukdeals explains "The two licenses (Vista Upgrade and Windows 7) are not related and come with different keys. You can treat them as separate entities and are not obliged to use the new version on the PC that the old version was installed on. The difference here is that there is currently no upgrade version of Windows 7 for the UK so when you buy Vista Upgrade you get the full version of Windows 7 for free which is what makes this unusual."...............

[Parapunter]

Already ordered a full retail copy for a shade under fifty wing wangs. MS pricing department seem out of control.

[Keef]

Ordered two copies at under £50. I assume I need one each for laptop and desktop.

[Temet_Nosce]

One copy one PC??

I ordered one copy - I understood this would do for my PC and my laptop??

[Lightning6]

AFAIK, one copy will be allowed to be used on two computers.