Windows XP- anywhere to get it, for free?

brightonman123

do any shops / sites still have this available? need to upgrade my aging pc (using ME at present, though some sites have more bells and whistles than it can cope with..)

have tried vista on a mate's pc, and do not like it at all!

totalsolutions

The RC (trial) Windows 7 is free. Should work on your old PC and should still be available if you are quick. Sorry but Vista and Windows 7 looks like the way forward for you/everyone.

cyberbob

You'll have to buy it

Money_Grabber13579

brightonman123 wrote: »

do any shops / sites still have this available? need to upgrade my aging pc (using ME at present, though some sites have more bells and whistles than it can cope with..)

have tried vista on a mate's pc, and do not like it at all!

Afraid not, unless you're into hacking and stealing software!

Do you mean you're going to replace the entire computer, or just upgrade the operating system? Windows 7 is coming out in 2 months. What do you think of it? It can be obtained around the £70 mark, which isn't much more than an XP disc could be got for!

-TangleFoot-

Have you considered installing one of these instead?

brightonman123

i thought W/7 free version has to be upgraded to (paid for) full version, or it shuts down your pc every 2 hours? may justbe anti MS rumours..

just looking to upgrade the OS for now..

Leopard

totalsolutions wrote: »

The RC (trial) Windows 7 is free. Should work on your old PC and should still be available if you are quick. Sorry but Vista and Windows 7 looks like the way forward for you/everyone.

Disastrously for Microsoft, Vista looked like the way backwards for a large percentage of its customers.

And Windows 7 is certainly not the way forwards for those who use and prefer Apple's operating system.

M4RKM

the RC is only available until today (probably got another 8 hours though to download it, as it is based upon Microsoft time), and will work til March, before it starts shutting down PC's every 2 hours.

however, i don't think it's a good recommendation, for someone who has a computer running ME, as i'm unsure that the computer itself will be a high enough spec to run it... 1gb ram is a minimum isn't it for win 7 ?

i'm running the RC in a VM in my mac, and it is better than vista...

fuzzball172

chances are that your PC wont meet the minimum requirements for XP or Win7. Linux is your best bet, try PClinuxOS or Ubuntu...

You cant get any full version (working) of windows for free.

brightonman123

thanks to andy2004 for PM help and ideas.

avantra

fuzzball172 wrote: »

chances are that your PC wont meet the minimum requirements for XP or Win7. Linux is your best bet, try PClinuxOS or Ubuntu...

You cant get any full version (working) of windows for free.

Windows 7 apparently can run nicely on very old gear, see this link for details.

However hardware today is much cheaper than in the days the OP got his ME machine.

I wouldn't upgrade the OS only but get a new box, once 7 is released (coming soon) most manufactures will bundle it, a Dell Netbook can be yours for less than £200 delivered, it's a no brainer in my book.