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I got professional for under £80 on pre-order it suits me fine, just can't warrant £100 more for a couple of extra features which I'll never use.
*****PRE-ORDER: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate E*****
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I can't see why Microsoft couldn't put a tab where you could download IE and alternative browsers.
Toys, pram, you get the picture.
once windows 7 installed , then do updates then get it that way ,, "ps thats IE"
otherwise download to memory stick firefox etc .... then install from there once windows 7 installed etc,
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Seems a bit silly TBH. Apple are doing it much more sensibly by including their browser (assigned to be the default etc) but also including Opera with the install too.... not that I've ever opened Opera since installing the OS!
because it just doesnt work? only thing that does work is your standard windows stuff like IE, WMP etc. Games, nothing works at all, so i have to boot up to WinXP.
Every single game I have ever owned including ancient Windows 98 era games works perfectly in 64 bit Vista. Have you even installed any drivers or anything on your Vista install? :/
Thanks, European Union scumbags
What a waste of ****ing time.
The more I think about it, the more irritated I get. Some poor fools with no other machines are going to get screwed over. Theres just no logic, no reason to it. You need a browser to get a different browser in the first place. Does anyone in the European Commision even understand how a computer works? Remember the laughable edition they forced Microsoft to make without Windows Media Player? It had 1,787 sales.
Reason they did it was because of privacy issues. The EU doesn't like how IE always relay information back to Microsoft and to avoid getting hassled, they decided to take it away all together.
I don't really care about IE, I personally prefer Opera, I find them to be very clean and less resource hogging.
they are going to give you a choice of browsers at the install stage, so it wont be a problem,
http://windows7center.com/news/microsoft-gives-europeans-choice-of-browser-in-windows-7/
http://windows7center.com/news/microsoft-gives-europeans-choice-of-browser-in-windows-7/
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how much
Because it's not designed for public. It's not even useful for most businesses hence the price. Get the £70 copy.
The Pro edition is suffice for most normal home users.
Ultimate is more for corporate and high end users who is fussy about additional security.
All we need is a good anti virus and firewall, care less about all the premium added features.
Ultimate is more for corporate and high end users who is fussy about additional security.
All we need is a good anti virus and firewall, care less about all the premium added features.
But how long will that take to reach agreement? The article states that Microsoft will keep shipping the E versions until they get permission which means that they don't expect an answer before October so the pre order stuff will come without.
yea, i agree, just thought it was interesting article. The tought of MS actually shipping competitors software is a bit hard to believe anyway..
Coming without a browser isnt really that big of a deal anyway..always ways round it. I've been using the release candidate for a while now and have no problems with it at all, but then i didnt have any problems with vista either. Will probably get a MSDN copy once its on there for download.
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It was actually becuase including ie & wmp meant that microsoft was creating and allowing an internet browser and media player monopoly. The people who know what a web browser is go and get their favourite browser, the people who know what media player they like get that as well. The 'joe public' user sticks with ie and wmp as they don't consider there could be something else.