Anyone Tried The £14.99 "New PC" Win 8 Pro Offer ?

does this mean then we can use the iso/mount to usb later? i don't have a usb on my annoyingly it's in the car somewhere else so i can't do what i plan. is it best then to save to media on pc and then mount that or whatever later to the usb?
 
DeathStorm said:
Why are you focusing on only one bit and ignoring the rest? It's a tedious method to try and win arguments, please save it for comments on YouTube.

If you truly think it's not callous to say I can take what I want because I'm hard up then I pity you.
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Oh lawdy lawd. No one said "I can take what I want because I'm hard up".

Why are you still sperging about "taking"?
 
JKD said:
I thought it had worked for me, however for some reason the key supplied will not activate. No it's not a typo, as I'm cutting and pasting. Here's what I did:

1) Installed Win 7 in Parallels
2) Got the upgrade assistant
3) Bought and downloaded the ISO
4) Created a new VM and installed Win 8 from the ISO
5) Spotted the notification that Windows would not activate
6) Pasted in the correct key again.

No joy! Any ideas what I've done wrong, please?
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was Win 7 activated before u ran upgrade assistant?
 
No different to getting a cheap version of Windows 7 for students or Windows 7 upgrade and doing a clean install when you're not or a student or don't have a valid license to upgrade.

Whether it's right or wrong is hard to say. It breaches the terms of sale, most people are not eligible for this offer, that's for sure.
 
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Marzipanogram said:
Yes, I really am that hard up.
I enjoy a lavish lifestyle that having a disposable income £1 a day affords.
I'd prefer to blow half a month "wage" on the OS, than nearly a full months worth.
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Are you looking for some sympathy or something? If you can't afford it, don't buy it. Fairly simple really. Nobody wants to hear about your financial plight.

In any case, you missed the part where I said "MS have left it wide open for abuse, so it's not surprising really." I couldn't really care less what people do, it just amuses me that some people won't even pay £25 for an OS.
 
robinbredin said:
I downloaded it straight away, and installed it. I should have saved the ISO:eek:, is there anyway of getting the ISO.:mad:
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there is a link in your email that you follow and it will redownload it (or put it on usb etc)

its just a similar program than the "win upgrade" program instead its called "win setup" and skips the buying bit.

4) Created a new VM and installed Win 8 from the ISO
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it has to be the same machine. so creating a new "machine" and putting win8 on means it wont install. upgrade/install it on your win7 VM from step 1.
 
JKD said:
I thought it had worked for me, however for some reason the key supplied will not activate. No it's not a typo, as I'm cutting and pasting. Here's what I did:

1) Installed Win 7 in Parallels
2) Got the upgrade assistant
3) Bought and downloaded the ISO
4) Created a new VM and installed Win 8 from the ISO
5) Spotted the notification that Windows would not activate
6) Pasted in the correct key again.

No joy! Any ideas what I've done wrong, please?
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Did you have internet? I did at 1st then afer a couple of reboots lost it??
 
I got the upgrade, tried the clean install and it would not activate, told me my license would not allow a clean install, had to then put 7 back on and then upgrade from it, it then created the windows.old folder to which I cleaned up.
 
silversurfer said:
Would this upgrade a windows 8 install maybe. It'll be a pain if I have to start from a blank disk, install windows 7 in order to get windows 8 upgrade
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As long as windows is on the drive it'll be fine, people are upgrading from the 8 RTM and even pirated 7 copies.
 
If MS could get every pirate copy to upgrade to a real win8 key via cheap offers, they'd declare it a massive success via 'economies of scale'. So maybe its on purpose but glad to hear its not too picky as the direct route is giving me strife (former hdd had bad sectors, etc)
 
Intratech said:
After years of ripping off consumers with their OS prices it's only fair that consumers get a chance to stick it to M$
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Who?

And how is it a rip off? Its a system you use every time you turn on the pc to use it its the only essential piece of software that you will use, you are happy to pay £30 for a game, but don't use it even a quarter of the amount that you use windows.


I am for the sake of argument, ignoring linux etc, as the talk here revolves around MicroSoft.
 
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