Microsoft Vista from £64.61

retepetsir

Scrap that, I've just ordered Vista Premium OEM instead, it was only £1 more than the XP Media Center version anyway!

For £78 I'm happy.

rdwarr

Is it not possible to have a thread about the PRICE of Microsoft products without all these nerds taking it off-topic as soon as it starts? Go back to the Techie forum and I'll discuss it with you there (along with whether Torchwood is better then Doctor Who etc.)
By the way, I scored 10/10 in the "nerd test" and got my first IBM PC in 1984. I just know when to keep quiet!

rhys1979

rdwarr wrote:

without all these nerds taking it off-topic as soon as it starts?

Can you clarify please?

Wi11iams

I and possibly others are just trying to clarify if it is true money saving, if we buy it to find we cant use it its not much of a bargain is it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wombler

rdwarr wrote:

Is it not possible to have a thread about the PRICE of Microsoft products without all these nerds taking it off-topic as soon as it starts? Go back to the Techie forum and I'll discuss it with you there (along with whether Torchwood is better then Doctor Who etc.)
By the way, I scored 10/10 in the "nerd test" and got my first IBM PC in 1984. I just know when to keep quiet!

Sorry, are you flamebaiting? If so, you've got me!

If not: This was a thread started by someone highlighting cheap prices of OEM copies of Vista. Everyone else has since been discussing whether, given Microsoft's OEM license restrictions, it's actually a sensible idea to buy an OEM rather than retail copy as a way of saving money. Seems entirely legitimate to me and not all off-topic...unlike your post about Doctor Who and long history of computer ownership (clearly you don't know when to keep quiet about that.)

Just so I stay on topic a bit ... everything i've read in this thread makes me more convinced that buying OEM is a great way to save money on Vista. The only proviso is that you probably need to know a little bit about what you're doing with computers or you could run into problems.

Alex_Galt

h4x3r wrote:

lol
yeh as soon i get any money goes into my PC im working on getting an 500GB external hdd !

http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?quicklinx=4c06

xFlake

What about this baby

http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/-/671/878/-/3230248/Western_Digital_Mybook_Pro_1000Gb_1Tb_USB_External_Hard_Drive/Product.html?searchtype=genre

Yes I know a little off-topic.

Searcher

Quote:
Originally Posted by rdwarr
without all these nerds taking it off-topic as soon as it starts?

rhys1979 wrote:

Can you clarify please?

Probably the fact that as soon as someone mentions Microsoft products the whole "Microsoft is the Devil and Linux is so much better" crowd can't help but jump on the bandwagon :cool:

russellgreeno

gromituk wrote:

It's a worthless costly update. Try Linux - it is free, much less subject to attack, just as easy to use nowadays and you are not tied into a company's business model. I recommend you download or otherwise get hold of an Ubuntu CD. Just put it in your machine and boot. It will work without touching your Windows installation in any way. If you like it, you just select the install icon and you can make your machine dual-boot - allowing you to continue to use Windows if you want to. As updates come along, or you want software which isn't on the CD, you simply run the package manager and it is downloaded and installed. And it all costs absolutely nothing. I am using Ubuntu now.

Had big problems when I tried to dual boot using the built in GRUB system, played havoc with my 2 windows instalations, only do this if you know what you're doing!

russellgreeno

Id the OEM version is for retailers to install on PC's to sell to normal people (you and me), when you actually get the pc, it is still the same version on there.

So, the same activation deal applies to anyone buying a new pc with OEM vista installed to anyone buying the OEM disc themselves.

If you buy a new pc with vista preinstalled, and you upgrade cpu etc a few times, you will still have to reactivate and possibly phone microsoft. Same as buying a OEM disc.

How often do most of you change pc contents anyway? Go for the OEM version, if you're a serious pc modder, then to be honest, you can probably afford to get the retail version and save the hassle.

Most normal pc users will have no problems with the OEM version.