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Author:  GazChap [ Sat Jul 02, 2011 11:10 ]
Post subject:  Cheap Windows 7-me-do
I'm after Windows 7, preferably Professional or Ultimate, on the cheap.

I have a new MacBook Air and want to dual-boot it with Boot Camp.

Cheapest I can find it is on Amazon, with £5 difference between the two editions (£162 and £167 respectively), but it's similar pricing at my local PC World and I could go and pick it up today rather than wait for shipping.

Anywhere cheaper than those?

Anyone got a spare copy they're willing to sell?
Author:  DavPaz [ Sat Jul 02, 2011 11:28 ]
Post subject:  Re: Cheap Windows 7-me-do
Know anyone with ac.uk email address?
Author:  GazChap [ Sat Jul 02, 2011 11:36 ]
Post subject:  Re: Cheap Windows 7-me-do
Nope :(
Author:  Nemmie [ Sat Jul 02, 2011 12:25 ]
Post subject:  Re: Cheap Windows 7-me-do
£97 here.. http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/Oth ... e=googleps

£75 here but never heard of the company... http://www.softwarecheaper.co.uk/shop/s ... 74c61cbe72
Author:  WTB [ Sat Jul 02, 2011 14:25 ]
Post subject:  Re: Cheap Windows 7-me-do
DavPaz wrote:
Know anyone with ac.uk email address?


Me. Tell me what it entails and you can use mine!
Author:  DavPaz [ Sat Jul 02, 2011 14:59 ]
Post subject:  Re: Cheap Windows 7-me-do
http://www.software4students.co.uk/
Author:  Bamba [ Thu Feb 20, 2014 10:30 ]
Post subject:  Re: Cheap Windows 7-me-do
Do we know of any currently cheap places to pick up Windows 7 folks? It's as a replacement for my sister's laptop as her HDD died and I thought I might as well move her from Vista while sorting out a new drive so I only need the Home version. For legit looking versions on Amazon it's hovering around the £80 mark.

Also, stupid question alert: can you just stick either the 32 or 64 bit version on any machine or are there hardware reasons one might not run on a given PC? I know you need the 64 bit version to address RAM more than 4GB but aside from that is there any reason to pick one over the other? Are drivers likely to be a problem with either choice? I've got my own Win7 DVD for the 64 bit home version so I could use that for the install if there are trustworthy sites that sell just the license keys.
Author:  DavPaz [ Thu Feb 20, 2014 10:35 ]
Post subject:  Re: Cheap Windows 7-me-do
If you know any students, you can get it for nowt through the academic alliance. I'll grab details when I'm back at my desk
Author:  myp [ Thu Feb 20, 2014 10:41 ]
Post subject:  Re: Cheap Windows 7-me-do
I would always go with a 64-bit OS if it's a relatively modern computer with a 64-bit CPU.
Author:  Bamba [ Thu Feb 20, 2014 11:14 ]
Post subject:  Re: Cheap Windows 7-me-do
DavPaz wrote:
If you know any students, you can get it for nowt through the academic alliance. I'll grab details when I'm back at my desk


My sister is currently studying at the OU so that'd work, but I had a look at the site and the only OS' on there are server or embedded versions; there doesn't seem to be home versions on there.

https://www.dreamspark.com/Student/Soft ... talog.aspx

Even if there was, as the whole thing is tied to MS I doubt they'd offer Win7 and are much more likely to push everyone onto Windows 8.

British Nervoso wrote:
I would always go with a 64-bit OS if it's a relatively modern computer with a 64-bit CPU.


It's definitely a 64 bit CPU (some kind of Athlon thing) so cool; 64-bit it is.
Author:  DavPaz [ Thu Feb 20, 2014 12:19 ]
Post subject:  Re: Cheap Windows 7-me-do
Bamba wrote:
My sister is currently studying at the OU so that'd work, but I had a look at the site and the only OS' on there are server or embedded versions; there doesn't seem to be home versions on there.

Ah, balls. Sorry dude. That's all changed since I last looked on there.
Author:  Bamba [ Thu Feb 20, 2014 12:21 ]
Post subject:  Re: Cheap Windows 7-me-do
DavPaz wrote:
Bamba wrote:
My sister is currently studying at the OU so that'd work, but I had a look at the site and the only OS' on there are server or embedded versions; there doesn't seem to be home versions on there.

Ah, balls. Sorry dude. That's all changed since I last looked on there.


It's a shame as that would've worked out nicely. It did mention that there are sometimes other products available from the specific unis but the page for the OU says these are only available during specific enrollment periods which have now passed. Bugger.
Author:  Grim... [ Thu Feb 20, 2014 13:00 ]
Post subject:  Re: Cheap Windows 7-me-do
There are obviously other ways to get it for free...
Author:  DavPaz [ Thu Feb 20, 2014 14:23 ]
Post subject:  Re: Cheap Windows 7-me-do
Like... work at a place with a site license?

;)
Author:  Bamba [ Thu Feb 20, 2014 14:49 ]
Post subject:  Re: Cheap Windows 7-me-do
Grim... wrote:
There are obviously other ways to get it for free...


Yeah, but it's for my sister's laptop so I want to go legit just so I don't face any support headaches with it later. I was happy enough buggering around with XP back in the day to keep ahead of Microsoft's security patches but I can't be arsed with that kind of nonsense any more.

Anyway, I just bit the bullet and bought it from Amazon for about eighty quid. Fucking hard drive failure has cost me £120 now. Why can't things just work rather than randomly breaking eh?
Author:  Sir Taxalot [ Mon Feb 24, 2014 0:52 ]
Post subject:  Re: Cheap Windows 7-me-do
Bamba wrote:
Grim... wrote:
There are obviously other ways to get it for free...


Yeah, but it's for my sister's laptop so I want to go legit just so I don't face any support headaches with it later. I was happy enough buggering around with XP back in the day to keep ahead of Microsoft's security patches but I can't be arsed with that kind of nonsense any more.


My friend was pleasantly surprised with how easy it was to obtain a thingy-bob to get Win 7 ultimate up and running on multiple PCs. This was around 3 years ago, and the PCs have been rock steady with no other fiddling required, updates and everything work automatically just fine. So he tells me.
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