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Cheap windows 7, does it sound a bit dubious?

  • 04-04-2011 11:54am
    #1
    Alfreado
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 208 ✭✭


    Hey,

    I have a pc with no operating system as yet and plan on putting windows 7 on it.

    I was shopping around the local IT guys in my area when one, who works from home, said he would install it for €50 for me... which seems almost too cheap?

    As a student I can get an upgrade copy for Windows 7 Pro for €45, and I have an unused copy of xp here that I can install, then upgrade from there. BUT, if I can get it done for 50 its worth my while to do that and keep my xp for the time being.

    Does €50 for a genuine copy of Windows 7 sound a little dubious to anyone else or am I just being paranoid?


Comments

  • #2
    FSL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,456 ✭✭✭FSL


    You should always pay heed to:-

    "if it seems too good to be true then invariably it is"


  • #3
    cookie1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,794 ✭✭✭cookie1977


    If you or your family are students then:
    http://www.software4students.ie/Operating_System_Software-list.aspx
    Completely 100% legal


  • #4
    Alfreado
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 208 ✭✭Alfreado


    cookie1977 wrote: »
    If you or your family are students then:
    http://www.software4students.ie/Operating_System_Software-list.aspx
    Completely 100% legal

    That's what I meant about getting it for €45, I've already ordered software off them and found them fantastic but i'll need to use my xp licence to install the upgrade versions of windows 7 they sell.


  • #5
    obrien.cathal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46 ✭obrien.cathal


    When he quoted you for the installation was that for just the installation or for the installation plus the price of the OS?


  • #6
    quaidox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 400 ✭✭quaidox


    you cannot upgrade xp to windows 7, you have to do clean install


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  • #7
    Adyx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,997 ✭✭✭Adyx


    quaidox wrote: »
    you cannot upgrade xp to windows 7, you have to do clean install

    It's still an upgrade. It's just not an in-place upgrade.


  • #8
    brianthomas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 215 ✭✭brianthomas


    If I was you i'd put the xp on it. Ya wont miss windows 7 if you never had it. :)

    Clondalkin in Dublin



  • #9
    Cantona's Collars
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


    brianthomas wrote: »
    If I was you i'd put the xp on it. Ya wont miss windows 7 if you never had it. :)

    But won't microsoft stop doing updates for xp in the future-they are trying to push everyone to upgrade to 7.


  • #10
    Alfreado
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 208 ✭✭Alfreado


    zerks wrote: »
    But won't microsoft stop doing updates for xp in the future-they are trying to push everyone to upgrade to 7.

    Their stopping SP2 soon but SP3 is going till 2013... I hope I got that right now lol.

    I ended up nit taking it too him, it just doesn't seem right. Bought a cheap copy of xp from an IT mate and order a upgrade version of windows 7 from software4students.

    I have windows 7 on the laptop so Ive gotten used to it. It's not costing an arm and a leg either so I might as well


  • #11
    cookie1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,794 ✭✭✭cookie1977


    No you got it wrong :P but in a good way ;)
    On April 8, 2014, all Windows XP support, including security updates and security-related hotfixes, will be terminated

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP#Support_lifecycle


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