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Buying Windows 7

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Hi, I am wondering if anyone can advise me where the best place to buy Windows 7 is?
I have inherited a computer from work and want to upgrade it from XP, but the prices vary soooo much, i don't know if I am getting a good deal or not!!!
PC World's online price is about £89 - is this about right?
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  • Fairish , but Win 8 is coming out next week for £25 , but that is not a recommendation , there may be better deals for W7 but it all depends on the PC's specs
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  • John_Gray
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    I would say that you have (at least!) two options in addition to those you have already found:
    a) buy the three-user Windows 7 Home Premium "Family Pack" (limited supply, buy now while stocks last, Microsoft may withdraw it soon)
    b) buy Windows 8 then exercise your downgrade rights to get Windows 7. But, who knows? You might actually like Windows 8! (no guarantee of this offered, though)
  • wallbash
    wallbash Posts: 17,775 Forumite
    John_Gray wrote: »
    I would say that you have (at least!) two options in addition to those you have already found:
    a) buy the three-user Windows 7 Home Premium "Family Pack" (limited supply, buy now while stocks last, Microsoft may withdraw it soon)
    b) buy Windows 8 then exercise your downgrade rights to get Windows 7. But, who knows? You might actually like Windows 8! (no guarantee of this offered, though)


    :rotfl:


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  • closed
    closed Posts: 10,886 Forumite
    The machine would boot and run faster with XP, £89 is a good chunk of the price of a new machine
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    > . !!!! ----> .
  • Thanks for all your help... got me thinking now. I might run it for a while on XP, after I've cleared all the work junk off and just put my bits and pieces on it will still be alot faster than the old one I have now!
    I can always upgrade to windows 7 (or 8 if it turns out OK!) later.
  • closed
    closed Posts: 10,886 Forumite
    edited 19 October 2012 at 8:50PM
    see speedup sticky for both machines

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2436849
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  • NiftyDigits
    NiftyDigits Posts: 10,459 Forumite
    Brand name and full model number?
  • prowla
    prowla Posts: 13,961 Forumite
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    I quite like Windows 7, but you need a PC that can run the semi-transparent window borders (Aero).

    XP is OK, but out of support now.

    Windows 8 is a puzzle to me - they've reversed years of HCI research and given you a clunky pastel lozenge home screen thing that was designed for a mobile phone and looks stupid when it is upsized for a high resolution PC monitor.
  • Of course you could install Fedora for free and Ubuntu free too and then we will need a new sticky "How to slow down a Linux PC" and factory restore won't figure ....sorry closed :D it is Friday
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  • spaceboy
    spaceboy Posts: 1,927 Forumite
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    closed wrote: »
    The machine would boot and run faster with XP, £89 is a good chunk of the price of a new machine


    No it wouldnt. And I think you'll find Windows 8 would boot super fast.
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