View Full Version : So much for the bull they were spewing about windows 7 upgrade being $50.
moiraesfate
10-14-2009, 06:11 PM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2060350368%204811&Tpk=windows%207
zanzabar
10-14-2009, 06:18 PM
the $50 was only for the initial pre order, and why would u buy an upgrade OEM is cheaper
moiraesfate
10-15-2009, 12:26 PM
Heh. Because I bought Vista 64 bit only 6 months ago. If I had bought it last year or longer than that, then I would buy OEM but it seems a waste of money to do that now.
zanzabar
10-15-2009, 03:47 PM
OEM is cheaper than the upgrade and it dosnt eat your old key (u forfeit the license from the OS that u upgrade from with the upgrade)
rogard
10-15-2009, 03:53 PM
Tried Handbrake? Its open source, runs on windows and its pretty cool:
http://handbrake.fr/details.php
chuck4456
10-15-2009, 03:57 PM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2060350368%204811&Tpk=windows%207
It was a few months ago.
You had to pre order and stick it on a credit card.
And BTW, you can do the same thing with an UPGRADE as you can with an OEM when it comes to installing it.
rogard
10-16-2009, 02:57 AM
lol good point..i got my tabs mixed up :)
It was meant to go here:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?p=4065917
pcdoc1
10-16-2009, 10:13 PM
No :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:... :confused::confused::confused::confused:
Please explain how this will get her from vista to windows 7 ?
punkrockpolak
10-18-2009, 07:43 PM
Yeah, those preorders were from July or so. Waiting for mine to come in pretty soon now.
Anemic
10-20-2009, 05:38 AM
It was a few months ago.
You had to pre order and stick it on a credit card.
And BTW, you can do the same thing with an UPGRADE as you can with an OEM when it comes to installing it.
I tried to "upgrade" with an OEM today but it still wipes most of the software out I think. Non of the programs that I had installed was left. I have an windows.old dir in root and I think that the userfiles will be left alone, not quiet sure since I didn't have anything there to begin with =/
The Upgrade licensce usally keeps all the programs at place and just renews the Windows...
zanzabar
10-20-2009, 04:55 PM
what did upgrade from and too as it sounds like u just installed and did not upgrade, and MS recommends never using the full migration upgrade that keeps programs it will corrupt something and it will require a clean install anyways unless u are upgrading from a clean install (but then why not just clean if its coming from a clean)
xMrBunglex
10-22-2009, 01:20 PM
i pre-ordered Win7 Pro from the MS store back in July for $100. i have to install my old copy of XP (which i have no intention of using anymore anyway), activate it, then put the 7 disc in and do a clean install over XP. i assume they're making us do it the hard way to fight piracy. whatever - i'm happy to have gotten my copy for $100.
voigts
10-23-2009, 12:47 AM
I had the upgrade preordered for $50 but cancelled it as I was able to get Win 7 full for less. You can however get the 3 user upgrade for <$150 by getting it at Staples or the like and using a coupon.
bhavv
10-23-2009, 04:38 AM
I got the full retail version of Win 7 Pro for £89.99 from when the Pre order offer was on.