On the cost of Windows 7

cumulusjames · 21 Nov 2010 at 10:17

I see ocuk have Windows 7 home premium for £123.36. Yet a new computer with home premuim is £279. So a os upgrade is nearly half the cost of a whole new pc! I would imagine one would feel muged if they paid that for windows 7.

*disclaimer I am not having a go at ocuk, I would imagine they have to sell it for what they are told else the microsoft mafia will leave a horses head in teh bosses bed. Microsoft should not have been so greey with this one.

fiveub · 21 Nov 2010 at 10:41

Xez · 21 Nov 2010 at 11:02

cumulusjames said:
I see ocuk have Windows 7 home premium for £123.36. Yet a new computer with home premuim is £279. So a os upgrade is nearly half the cost of a whole new pc! I would imagine one would feel muged if they paid that for windows 7.

*disclaimer I am not having a go at ocuk, I would imagine they have to sell it for what they are told else the microsoft mafia will leave a horses head in teh bosses bed. Microsoft should not have been so greey with this one.

The full retail copy is that amount not the OEM version which can be had for less

With the OEM it's tied to that computer, the retail isn't.

Macro · 21 Nov 2010 at 11:08

cumulusjames said:
*disclaimer I am not having a go at ocuk, I would imagine they have to sell it for what they are told else the microsoft mafia will leave a horses head in teh bosses bed. Microsoft should not have been so greey with this one.

Then you imagine wrong... :rolleyes:

SiriusB · 21 Nov 2010 at 11:12

I don't know why it surprises you OP. Usually one of the big advantages to buying a pre-built system is all the software you usually get bundled with it. Software that would probably cost you an arm and a leg if you bought it yourself.

Also, OEM is far cheaper than Retail. OEM Windows 7 Ultimate is only a few quid more than the Retail Home Premium. In any case, £120 is not a lot of money for the single most important piece of software you will install on your PC.

snapdragon · 21 Nov 2010 at 11:22

SiriusB said:
In any case, £120 is not a lot of money for the single most important piece of software you will install on your PC.

+1 and for once MS got it seriously right with W7

m4cc45 · 21 Nov 2010 at 11:28

snapdragon said:
+1 and for once MS got it seriously right with W7

Especially when you could have pre-ordered it for @ £50.

M.

Angilion · 3 Dec 2010 at 03:48

cumulusjames said:
I see ocuk have Windows 7 home premium for £123.36. Yet a new computer with home premuim is £279. So a os upgrade is nearly half the cost of a whole new pc! I would imagine one would feel muged if they paid that for windows 7.

*disclaimer I am not having a go at ocuk, I would imagine they have to sell it for what they are told else the microsoft mafia will leave a horses head in teh bosses bed. Microsoft should not have been so greey with this one.

Use the same version of Windows for at 5 years and it ends up as less than 50p a week, even if you buy full retail.

I don't see a company that makes 50p a week from a copy of an OS as being greedy.

Pretty cheap, really, and not at all like a mugging.

Well, maybe it was a bit like that for people who bought Vista

Selling computers with Windows already set up on them protects Microsoft's market dominance and that is worth a fortune to them, so they massively discount the cost of the OS when it comes installed and ready to go on a PC.

ukSleek · 3 Dec 2010 at 05:19

Well unfortunately while OCUK do some cracking deals they are not allways the cheapest.
I recently bought a oc'd bundle and hard drive from OCUK but got my case (ANTEC 300 @£49.99) and OS (Win7 Home Premium full retail @ £95) from dare i say it the men with the purple shirts

OCUK are selling the ANTEC 300 @ £69.99 + P&P? so i thought i got a good deal tbh with the bundle and HDD from OCUK & the case and OS from 'you know where