Windows XP Home Upgrade and Laser mouse/Keyboard £89.99!

Babbler

Was in PC world today. They had an offer on - but Microsoft XP home edition upgrade and get the Microsoft Laser Mouse and Keyboard set for FREE! Worth £89.99 at PC world. Well worth it... if I didnt already have windows. Heh... Seems to be instore only Im afraid...

cougar_3

Worth £89.99 at PC world means £60 (or less) elsewhere: http://www.morecomputers.co.uk/textra.asp?pn=B7T-00017& but it does look quite interesting if you're on an old version of windows.

A problem may be that your PC can't run XP - you will need at least 256mb of RAM to run it, and that's not often there on 5 year old PCs

bluesxman

cougar wrote:

Worth £89.99 at PC world means £60 (or less) elsewhere: http://www.morecomputers.co.uk/textra.asp?pn=B7T-00017& but it does look quite interesting if you're on an old version of windows.

This isn't bundling in WinXP though, is it?

Babbler

cougar wrote:

Worth £89.99 at PC world means £60 (or less) elsewhere: http://www.morecomputers.co.uk/textra.asp?pn=B7T-00017& but it does look quite interesting if you're on an old version of windows.

A problem may be that your PC can't run XP - you will need at least 256mb of RAM to run it, and that's not often there on 5 year old PCs

Thats £55 just for the keyboard and mouse - try to find XP Home non oem for 30 quid...

scoobie

Worth noting that Windows Vista will be out before the end of the year, replacing Windows XP

intel

scoobie wrote:

Worth noting that Windows Vista will be out before the end of the year, replacing Windows XP

But Vista will be full of bugs for an age after so wait at least 3mths after release date so that some of the security issues are patched as usual.

cougar_3

Babbler wrote:

Thats £55 just for the keyboard and mouse - try to find XP Home non oem for 30 quid...

Nope, but the keyboard and mouse are not worth £90 like they say they are.

scoobie wrote:

Worth noting that Windows Vista will be out before the end of the year, replacing Windows XP

It's January the 8th today!

Am I being too sceptical because I read PCWORLD?

kmkmkm

Don't get excited by Vista. I'm testing a beta version at work - it's exactly the same as XP. Just a few cosmetic changes. I wouldn't pay an extra fiver for it if you've already got XP.

biglugs

Worth remembering that this is a non-OEM version of XP which is well worth having. It means you can upgrade your machine, or move it onto a new machine without any problems.

casper2004

I cant seem to find it on the website, has anyone got a product code or link?

Or it may be an instore deal?

Thanks in advance

deanos

Babbler wrote:

Microsoft XP home edition upgrade

So its not the full version just the upgrade from an older version ?