Windows7 - where to buy?

BigEejit

Automan wrote: »

software4students Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit Edition Upgrade
£59.95 on the uk site and
€118.45 on the Irish site.
Would love to know why there is such a big difference?

http://www.software4students.co.uk/Microsoft_Windows_7_Ultimate_64_bit_Edition_Upgrade-details.aspx

http://www.software4students.ie/Microsoft_Windows_7_Ultimate_64_bit_Edition_Upgrade-details.aspx

:eek:
I cant believe they are gouging Irish people like that .... are they the only vendors in Ireland? They have competition over here so may have to price it properly.

BigEejit

UK Site = £59.95
You Save
£190.00

Irish site = €118.45
You Save
€410.55


What is the RRP of Windows 7 Ultimate in Ireland? Where are those numpties getting ~€530 for Ultimate upgrade version?

Capt'n Midnight

nesf wrote: »

As far as I can tell the Upgrade versions are just cheaper versions of the same software for people with XP or Vista. You need your Vista or XP disc in order to install an Upgrade version but beyond that they seem to be identical. You still need to do a fresh install with the Upgrade versions, or at least you need to do that for XP users anyway.

The reason the upgrade is cheaper is because

it KILLS the old windows license, so you still can only install it on one partition

it INHERITS the transferability of the old license, so if you upgrade from an OEM it lives and dies with the motherboard of the old computer and can't be installed on any other machine.

nesf

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

The reason the upgrade is cheaper is because

it KILLS the old windows license, so you still can only install it on one partition

it INHERITS the transferability of the old license, so if you upgrade from an OEM it lives and dies with the motherboard of the old computer and can't be installed on any other machine.

So the recommendation would be to get the Full version and install it on a separate partition?

BigEejit

nesf wrote: »

So the recommendation would be to get the Full version and install it on a separate partition?

Well, I am going to install it over my old vista box because I far prefer Win 7 to Vista and cant see any reason to boot Vista .... so no problem blowing away that vista license.

nesf

BigEejit wrote: »

Well, I am going to install it over my old vista box because I far prefer Win 7 to Vista and cant see any reason to boot Vista .... so no problem blowing away that vista license.

I'm running XP and am not totally enamored with the idea of losing my old OS even if the new one would allow me to run XP through virtulisation (mostly for gaming and business software reasons). If I could manage to run Win 7 on a separate partition for at least the initial few months then I'd be happier I think.

Capt'n Midnight

nesf wrote: »

So the recommendation would be to get the Full version and install it on a separate partition?

No , it's just that having ONE license doesn't allow installing on more than one drive, never mind more than one PC.

Anyway , clean install is always best.