Windows 7 Upgrade Question

Realillusion222 · 27 Apr 2010 at 17:04

Hi there.

I'm looking at getting a new rig soon, and having some OS woes, so I was just curious about this hypothetical situation

As the Student upgrade of Windows 7 is £30, would it be possible to install a version of Vista that - hypothetically ofcourse - had already been installed on a previous computer onto a new computer, and then just use the Windows 7 Upgrade?

Is not possible? Or not legal?

Realillusion222 · 27 Apr 2010 at 21:32

Cheers for the response, but I think i'm abit out of luck - the offer for the student upgrade seems to have ended

I have an Upgrade and Disc for Windows 7, but already used it on my laptop. Not looking forward to having to shell an unexpected £80 :mad:

Realillusion222 · 27 Apr 2010 at 21:59

History - so I wont be able to have access.

One of my mates does computer science and gets all his OS for free, the lucky sod!

Realillusion222 · 28 Apr 2010 at 10:55

stoofa said:
When you're spending what, a few £100 on a new machine, is finding another £80 that much hassle?
You can get it even less if you buy legitimate copies from Ebay (seen them going for £60 - £75).
Just stay away from those selling you "keys" - because this is not legitimate.

It may be just another £80, but that's £80 which I could have used to upgrade towards a 5850!

I suppose that it's inevitable though