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How and where to preorder Windows 7 in Ireland?

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  • 17-07-2009 11:24pm
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    Ilap7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭


    Where is the best deal and do I need to buy computer with Vista first to be able to buy preorder?
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    j_lennon18
    Registered Users Posts: 165 ✭✭j_lennon18


    The cheapest i can find now since amazon upped there prices is @ eBuyer

    http://www.ebuyer.com/special/1645?ref=dotd&hp_deal=10

    £50 for Windows 7 Home Premium

    £89.99 for Windows 7 Professional

    Delivery to Ireland is £9.99

    Iv never actually bought anything from them but i did register before and i remember i had problems entering an irish phone number. I had to enter my home number as:
    3531X XXXXXX.

    Im holding off buying tho untill i can find somewhere cheaper as the uk people are still getting it from £45 + free delivery from the likes of pcworld.co.uk.


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    probe
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    The product is available as a download - there should be no delivery charge using this method. Anyway it looks as if the pre-order offer is being withdrawn in Europe. No doubt they have run out of downloads!

    Their French site just now says:

    "Pré-commandes Windows 7 – L’offre promotionnelle spéciale n’est plus disponible"

    A marketing con trick. Further underscoring Microsoft's monopoly in the operating system market.


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    probe
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    Ilap7 wrote: »
    Where is the best deal and do I need to buy computer with Vista first to be able to buy preorder?
    If you have a PC with XP you can use this. Should work fine. I have Windows 7 running on a probably 6/7 year old laptop. I took it out of storage, dusted it down, downloaded the 7 ISO image, and it installed in no time. Couldn't do that with Vista.... However my understanding is that you can't upgrade from XP to Windows 7 in the EU - you will have to do a clean install.


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    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,117 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    probe wrote: »
    The product is available as a download - there should be no delivery charge using this method. Anyway it looks as if the pre-order offer is being withdrawn in Europe. No doubt they have run out of downloads!

    Their French site just now says:

    "Pré-commandes Windows 7 – L’offre promotionnelle spéciale n’est plus disponible"

    A marketing con trick. Further underscoring Microsoft's monopoly in the operating system market.
    I was under the impression you get sent a physical disc?


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    Ilap7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭Ilap7


    j_lennon18 wrote: »
    The cheapest i can find now since amazon upped there prices is @ eBuyer

    http://www.ebuyer.com/special/1645?ref=dotd&hp_deal=10

    £50 for Windows 7 Home Premium

    £89.99 for Windows 7 Professional

    Delivery to Ireland is £9.99

    Iv never actually bought anything from them but i did register before and i remember i had problems entering an irish phone number. I had to enter my home number as:
    3531X XXXXXX.

    Im holding off buying tho untill i can find somewhere cheaper as the uk people are still getting it from £45 + free delivery from the likes of pcworld.co.uk.

    Thanks lennon! I think I'll get my copy of Win7 from buyer.com :) It's 50% off so I don't believe that whenever it will be cheaper.


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    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 91,225 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    probe wrote: »
    A marketing con trick. Further underscoring Microsoft's monopoly in the operating system market.
    There is no need to hijack threads.
    Microsoft make a lot of money and aren't as ethical as they could be.

    get over it


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    rsl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭rsl


    I have been using Windows 7 pro beta version--- I would stick with XP .. really !!


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    alexmcred
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    Thanks Lennon Managed to pre-order a copy:)


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    Ilap7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭Ilap7


    alexmcred wrote: »
    Thanks Lennon Managed to pre-order a copy:)

    alexmcred, how did you manage that order on ebuyer.com? I can't register with my Irish landline :(


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    alexmcred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,487 ✭✭✭alexmcred


    put in moble number in the second one 086xxxxxxx and in the first one mobile no. minus a digit. also had to use google checkout to pay for it.


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    Ilap7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭Ilap7


    alexmcred wrote: »
    put in moble number in the second one 086xxxxxxx and in the first one mobile no. minus a digit. also had to use google checkout to pay for it.

    Thank you for reply. Yes, with Google Checkout there's no problem with placing an order.
    Thouh I still thinking to buy Win7 because I am worring that after clean installation I wonn't be able to find all drivers and programs from hardware manufacturers. I have only Dell CD with drivers. How to manage that?


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    Blazer
    Registered Users Posts: 17,434 ✭✭✭✭Blazer


    woohoo..thank god for my MSDN account....free, all free :D


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    kaizersoze
    Registered Users Posts: 7,042 ✭✭✭kaizersoze


    Sc@recrow wrote: »
    woohoo..thank god for my MSDN account....free, all free :D

    Indeed and of course MSDN accounts are also free....:rolleyes::p


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    Blazer
    Registered Users Posts: 17,434 ✭✭✭✭Blazer


    kaizersoze wrote: »
    Indeed and of course MSDN accounts are also free....:rolleyes::p

    they are for me..company pays for them ;)


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    alexmcred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,487 ✭✭✭alexmcred


    Ilap7 wrote: »
    Thank you for reply. Yes, with Google Checkout there's no problem with placing an order.
    Thouh I still thinking to buy Win7 because I am worring that after clean installation I wonn't be able to find all drivers and programs from hardware manufacturers. I have only Dell CD with drivers. How to manage that?

    I'm running 7 pre release on an inspiron and have not had any driver issues. For my webcam I just plugged it in and it went and found drivers. Talking to my mate he just uses Vista drivers if something is not working correctly.

    I have moved from Vista Ultimate to 7 64bit and the difference in my system is massive much faster than it ever was with vista and even 7 32 bit.


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    #17
    MarthaT
    Closed Accounts Posts: 68 ✭✭MarthaT


    I got it from amazon uk


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