Upgrade to W7

cats_five · 3 Mar 2012 at 11:43

I have a Dell laptop with OEM Vista on. After a couple of goes and some use of another forum, I've got W7 running on it and I'm pleasently surprised with the performance - it's an Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo T5750 @ 2.00GHz with 3GB RAM, a 244GB Toshiba HDD and a DVD writer.

I'm still slightly undecided about selling it, and if I do that I'll restore it to the Vista - I left the bit of disk with that on alone, if all else fails I'd have to get a copy of the Vista DVD and use the key from the OEM sticker on the laptop.

However - what would be the cheapest way to get legal with W7 on it? Think Home Premium will be OK.

bledd · 3 Mar 2012 at 13:44

Yup

Home Premium is perfect, unless you need remote desktop server or need to join a domain.

If you bought an OEM copy, it would be tied to the laptop. Buy a retail copy and you can move that to a new pc (after removing it from the laptop)

Downside is, Retail costs more than OEM

IxD3ViiLx · 7 Mar 2012 at 21:52

Maybe a local computer shop will put it you on for a cheap price?

xpcpu · 8 Mar 2012 at 14:17

or download and put windows 8 beta on it.

cats_five · 8 Mar 2012 at 14:30

Thanks, I don't need it putting on for me - I've done that already! And I've tried the W8 beta and don't like it.

Will get an OEM copy - I get student price upgrades for the desktop PC, and this laptop won't get upgraded.

xpcpu · 8 Mar 2012 at 14:35

i meant put windows 8 on if you decide to sell it.

If you decide to keep then get your student copy of Win7.