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Window 8 update offer ends soon....

nutcase_1uk said:
It's certainly better than other released (eg. vista) but corporate take up won't start for a while yet until it's proven.
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Corporates don't tend to upgrade to every new OS, Windows 7 will have been the last big Corporate cycle after they skipped Vista, Windows 8 is the consumer cycle also.
 
Nutella33 said:
seems like the standard windows OS price? it has been on a ridiculously low offer for several months now.
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This doesn't make it the right price point. Keeping the price low would result in less piracy and more sales. No chance in hell of the OS succeeding if it's going to cost 200 USD for an upgrade.
 
billyboyd said:
So you can upgrade up to five devices, bit generous of MS that. Nice to know I can upgrade the other couple of PC's in the house.

Or have I read the small print wrong.
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Yeah only if you buy 5 keys!. Each customer is limited to buying up to 5 update licenses.
 
KIA said:
This doesn't make it the right price point. Keeping the price low would result in less piracy and more sales. No chance in hell of the OS succeeding if it's going to cost 200 USD for an upgrade.
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Maybe the relaunch, if it should happen, for Windows 8 in Feb....

http://www.winbeta.org/news/rumor-mill-microsoft-preparing-relaunch-windows-8-february

...might help somewhat. Although that price of $200 for Windows 8 upgrade is going to counter a lot of good that a so called relaunch could achieve.

I just about appreciate W8 for what it cost me (£14.99), to consider it a worthy difference over W7 x64. I am not sure that I would have paid £24.99 never mind the equivelent of what $200 would mean.
 
Couple of questions.

I am still yet to get around to installing my new power supply to see if it fixes my machine. It might not, in which case I will have to buy a new cpu, motherbaord and gfx... (story in a different thread).

However, I currently use Windows 7 OEM version. I think this means that the software is locked to the hardware? So upgrading my motherboard etc will cause some issues?

Can I upgrade from OEM version to pro? and can I do it with my machine still non-functioning (i.e. enter my product code online and get a download to burn to dvd)
 
Curse this thread - such a good deal I couldn't resist buying a second copy! Must remember to get it installed so I can get the media bits before the end of the month :D
 
I would update from Vista 32 bit on the laptop but I would want to get the 64-bit windows 8 disk, which they charge you substantially more for.

Might be wrong, seems they only charge 8.99, if that is what "Windows DVD £8.99" is.
 
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When you download the iso to DVD, will you have the option to reinstall at a later date without having to install Windows 7 first?

I just know other update versions of Windows make you install the previous OS first before you can install the "Update version" of Windows, hence why the update version is always cheaper.
 
I would think that it isn't an upgrade version surely? That would suck. :D Trying hard to upgrade but it crashed on the paypal part. :p

I don't want Win8 on my pc but I think it will be great on a laptop with a smaller screen. I see no benefit of getting Win 8 over Win 7 for a gamer.

Downloading now. :)
 
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Just thinking about getting another two keys for my Mum and brother should they ever want to upgrade to W8. Makes sense to buy 4 for £100 now rather than me get 2 for £50 now and then pay £100+ for a single key from February onwards.

To make sure I don't waste another £50 on two keys I might not need for a few months, is the only reason to activate the W8 keys by the end of the month that you can't get the free media centre add-on afterwards? I don't want to spend another £50 on keys if I have to install W8 this month. If its just that you have to get the media centre add-on from within an activated copy of W8 then I'll get the two extra keys this weekend. :)
 
Haha, I chose ISO and have no blank DVDs left. :D

SWEET found one I bought in 2006!

Will it automatically install 64 bit if my cpu supports it?
 
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billyboyd said:
So you can upgrade up to five devices, bit generous of MS that. Nice to know I can upgrade the other couple of PC's in the house.

Or have I read the small print wrong.
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The small print has me baffled also. Does it mean that one license can be used for up to 5 PC's ?
Still searching for the answer, sorry if it's been given elsewhere.
 
The Running Man said:
Can you just use the serial key with a Torre Ted Iso or something.

I'm tempted but only to do a full clean install. Any links to any guides?
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Following a clean install:

Open regedit by pressing Windows-q, entering regedit and selecting the result from the list of hits.
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Setup/OOBE/
Change MediaBootInstall from 1 to 0
Go back to the start screen and enter cmd there.
Right-click Command Prompt and select to run it as administrator.
Type slmgr /rearm on the command line and hit enter.
Reboot Windows now.
Run the activation utility afterwards, enter your product key to activate Windows.
 
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