Cheapest Windows 7

[Deleted User]

NiftyDigits wrote: »

Brand and model number?

You can buy an optical drive for £10.

It is a Netbook which does not have an optical drive by design. Buying a plug in USB optical drive would just be the same as installing anything from a USB stick.

Lum

Does it have to be Windows 7? If you have an XP licence sticker on the bottom of your laptop then you can get a legit Windows 8 upgrade for £25. Install StartIsBack for £2 and it basically becomes Windows 7 again, only with some performance improvements and faster boot and shutdown times.

Not sure I'd want to be paying double price for an older version of the OS right now.

NiftyDigits

Deleted_User wrote: »

It is a Netbook which does not have an optical drive by design. Buying a plug in USB optical drive would just be the same as installing anything from a USB stick.

Did you understand 'Brand name and model number' or not?
As to whether a USB optical drive will be the same as a USB Flash Drive, it's seems that it is not quite the case according to your experience.

waddler_8

Guardsman wrote: »

So what you are looking for is a legal product key.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/howtotell/Shop.aspx#ProductKeySold

With the exception of Product Key Cards (PKC’s) distributed with COA’s, Microsoft does not distribute products keys as standalone products. If you see a listing on an auction site, online classified ad, or other online page advertising product keys for sale, it’s a good indication that the keys are likely stolen or counterfeit.

Guardsman wrote: »

Win Pro for £39.99 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Microsoft-Windows-7-Professional-SP1-32bit-DVD-COA-licence-key-Pro-/160924380820?pt=UK_Computing_Software_Software_SR&hash=item2577d72e94

COA licence Certificate of Authenticity..

Windows 7 Professional 32-Bit SP1 manufacturer branded full installation DVD with attached genuine COA licence. Item was previously opened and comes with no packaging so technically used but has never been activated. COA removed from a machine using solvent so may be slightly creased or tatty but all activation letters are legible.

http://www.microsoft.com/oem/en/licensing/sblicensing/pages/licensing_faq.aspx

After an OEM software license has been installed on a PC, the license may not be installed on or transferred to another PC.

[Deleted User]

Lum wrote: »

Does it have to be Windows 7? If you have an XP licence sticker on the bottom of your laptop then you can get a legit Windows 8 upgrade for £25. Install StartIsBack for £2 and it basically becomes Windows 7 again, only with some performance improvements and faster boot and shutdown times.

Not sure I'd want to be paying double price for an older version of the OS right now.

That is an option but I would have to use it with one of the "Start Menu" plug ins as the Netbook doesn't have a high enough resolution for the Windows 8 tile apps.

NiftyDigits wrote: »

Did you understand 'Brand name and model number' or not?
As to whether a USB optical drive will be the same as a USB Flash Drive, it's seems that it is not quite the case according to your experience.

It's a Samsung N130

NiftyDigits

Sending you a PM

Guardsman

Waddler Microsoft tells you that stuff all the time.. I have transfered licence keys from one computer to another several times over the years.
All Microsoft are interested in that it's not activated on more than one computer,

poppy10_2

It'll be cheaper to buy Windows 8

macman

Doesn't the netbook spec require W7 to be Starter Edn only (not Home Premium)?

[Deleted User]

It's powerful enough for any version of Windows 7. Starter Edition is just marketing nonsense.