Windows 8 Versions explained

jamjar · 8 Sep 2012 at 19:32

Hi All i,m sure this has been asked on here , but i,ve been reading on the net about Windows 8 due the end of Oct , but i,m a little confused about the different versions , am i right in saying they have done away with a full installed version , where you have to format your hard drive ? as all i have seen is an upgrade version mentioned if you have Windows 7 installed on your system , anyone help explain thanks

Deleted member 77746 · 8 Sep 2012 at 20:09

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_8_editions

Windows_8_editions

chaparral · 8 Sep 2012 at 21:14

Windows Media Center functionality will be available only for Windows 8 Pro, as a free "add-on

You got to have windows 8 pro to get Windows Media Center... :eek:

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That crazy as most people who build HTPC's try build them as cheap as possible and will not want spend out loads on a pro version of windows..

SB118 · 8 Sep 2012 at 21:23

chaparral said:
You got to have windows 8 pro to get Windows Media Center.....

That crazy as most people who build HTPC's try build them as cheap as possible and will not want spend out loads on a pro version of windows..

Do we know if that includes the extender to link up to the xbox? That would totally halt my plans.

chaparral · 8 Sep 2012 at 21:27

SB118 said:
Do we know if that includes the extender to link up to the xbox? That would totally halt my plans.

Media Center can stream live and pre-recorded television to Windows Media Center Extenders such as the Xbox 360 console, but other Windows computers can just access recorded, not live content.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Media_Center

SB118 · 8 Sep 2012 at 21:32

So, no xbox link-up unless you pay out for pro then

Be sticking with 7 in that case.

ic1male · 8 Sep 2012 at 23:10

The Pro upgrade is only £25 online though.

jamjar · 8 Sep 2012 at 23:49

ic1male said:
The Pro upgrade is only £25 online though.

yeah but isn,t a full install always better or so i was told ? :confused:

ChileanLlama · 9 Sep 2012 at 09:21

All the promotions seem to relate Pro only e.g. £14.99 for new PCs and £25 for upgrades.

WMC will be free until the end of January and is almost identical to the Win7 version.

ChileanLlama · 9 Sep 2012 at 09:23

jamjar said:
yeah but isn,t a full install always better or so i was told ?

Really makes no difference these days.

And if you want to clean install, just do a Reset from within Windows 8 itself. About 10-15 mins later you'll be back up and running.

deadite66 · 9 Sep 2012 at 10:28

how useful will the reset be?, i bet virus/trojans will be made that compromise it.

theheyes · 9 Sep 2012 at 10:47

You can use the DVD for the reset image if you're concerned.