How is that possibly comparable.
Do us all a favour and go to bed.
Your making a complete breast out of yourself.
Anyone Tried The £14.99 "New PC" Win 8 Pro Offer ?
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How is that possibly comparable.
Do us all a favour and go to bed.
Your making a complete breast out of yourself.
What is the point in this ruse?
If you don't qualify for the upgrade, then surely your copy of Win8 is no more licensed than a copy downloaded from a torrent site. You're just paying for a pirate copy
I don't really care what you do, but it seems like a pointless waste of money.
If you don't qualify for the upgrade, then surely your copy of Win8 is no more licensed than a copy downloaded from a torrent site. You're just paying for a pirate copy
I don't really care what you do, but it seems like a pointless waste of money.
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Well, I guess you either get it or you don't, but here's another analogy - you see an item in a shop labelled at £25, you then remove that label, substitute it for one reading £15, then take it to the till and pay for it, congratulating yourself on your cleverness.
Is that a little clearer?
Soldato
I bet this policeman bought this win 8 pro for £15 as well himself. damm hypocrite. would not surpise me
I think what's being openly discussed here goes beyond a simple breach of contract, as it involves deliberate and knowing deception (to which some people have freely admitted). Technically it's "fraud by misrepresentation," which is a criminal offence carrying a penalty of up to ten years in chokey, although I doubt if Interpol have been put on a high state of alert in this instance.
Personally I couldn't give a rat's nether regions what people do, but I'm a bit surprised that this thread is still going, and that the posters concerned haven't (yet) had a spanking from the mods.
Ah haha hahaha hahaha hahaha haha *wipes tears*
Your "analogies" are awful.
Apple and tomatoes are the same because they're both fruits too, right?
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What is the point in this ruse?
If you don't qualify for the upgrade, then surely your copy of Win8 is no more licensed than a copy downloaded from a torrent site. You're just paying for a pirate copy
Because even if you're technically not validly licensed, from MS's perspective, you are.
The keys will be "legit" as far as Windows activation is concerned, so will never fail any "genuine" checks, unlike cracks.
Associate
I got the "£15.00" upgrade, wish I had not bothered...
Soldato
Does it show as £24.99 during card payment and then you put the code in after that to get it for £14.99?
Yep, you enter your card details, then on the final confirmation page, you can enter your promo code.
I've literally just done it, and am downloading the files ready to stick on a USB stick
Smart move from MS if you ask me
Think about how many people would have installed a dodgy copy or have a dodgy copy of windows
£15 to get a legitimate OS with none of the complications of a cracked version will tempt a lot of people. Personally I've changed 3 rigs over to a genuine OS through this so in reality ms benefited from £45 they otherwise would never have seen
Think about how many people would have installed a dodgy copy or have a dodgy copy of windows
£15 to get a legitimate OS with none of the complications of a cracked version will tempt a lot of people. Personally I've changed 3 rigs over to a genuine OS through this so in reality ms benefited from £45 they otherwise would never have seen
correct.
Your analogies are absolutely dreadful. Just finding a good deal that's available to everybody on a different site is completely different to getting a good deal by misrepresenting facts!
I don't care what you do, but it does puzzle me that you don't really seem to understand why you technically shouldn't be doing it.
Soldato
All downloaded and burnt to DVD. Will try on my netbook later!
Do you get a license key through this and do you have to use the ISO downloaded via Upgrade Assistant?
I ask because my home internet connection is awful, it will probably take days to download, and I've already got a Win 8 Pro ISO through work.
I ask because my home internet connection is awful, it will probably take days to download, and I've already got a Win 8 Pro ISO through work.
Soldato
Yes you do get a key via email and at end of download etc. I think upgrade assistant it is.
Associate
I used the same details as you, and I got asked to put my Windows 7 key in.
I forgot to mention that I used an early October date as the purchase date which went through without issues (as I said that was before people started saying that they were being asked for a windows 7 key, but putting in a date from just before windows 8 came out might bypass the licence key requirement).
Don
Personally, I bought the £25 version. Just because.
Hopefully MS will begin to realise the merit of keeping it at the low price and allowing digital downloads from themselves. Really is the way forward.
I think a lot of users just resort to using illegal copies, especially if they have multiple machines, it becomes hard to justify ~£100 for each extra machine that you have.
Hopefully MS will begin to realise the merit of keeping it at the low price and allowing digital downloads from themselves. Really is the way forward.
I think a lot of users just resort to using illegal copies, especially if they have multiple machines, it becomes hard to justify ~£100 for each extra machine that you have.
Soldato
does the download also include x64 version?
Associate
No, it downloads the same architecture (x86/x64) that the upgrade advisor was run under.