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#1 25-10-2009 16:31:50
- martd77
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windows 7
anyone onto the new os windows 7 yet?
i use vista premium and am tempted to purchase after reading its much quicker than vista at file copying etc and uses the resources much better
still about £80 for the home premium version of windows 7
anyone have any comments
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#3 25-10-2009 20:36:06
- boringgit
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Re: windows 7
I love Amazon!!
The price of the item(s) decreased after you ordered them, and we gave you the lowest price.
The following title(s) decreased in price:
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, Upgrade Edition for XP or Vista users (PC DVD)
Price on order date: £64.99
Price charged at dispatch: £64.99
Lowest price up to and including release date: £59.00
Amount to be refunded: £5.99
Quantity: 1
Total Savings: £5.99
£5.99 is your total savings under our Pre-order Price Guarantee.
Because we reduced the price of your pre-release title between dispatch (when we charged you) and the release date, you will automatically receive a refund for £5.99. You will receive an additional e-mail when this refund is processed.
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#4 26-10-2009 08:35:46
- CrazyC
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Re: windows 7
I bought the full version (Home Premium) from Dixons on preorder for £44 delivered. Have just put it on my old PC that I am converting to a media centre of sorts. Never used Vista so cannot compare, but it does feel like a good OS.
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#5 26-10-2009 11:40:05
- Kirell
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Re: windows 7
I also bought Windows 7 from Amazon, cost £64.68. I upgraded from XP (clean install). I think 7 is great, I installed the 64 bit version and it is quite fast compared to XP and works so much better.
There are a few minor things that bug me though, like resizing one window resizes them all and selecting thumbnails for a sub folder in the My Pictures folder, will set thumbnails for the other sub folders as well (unless I'm doing something wrong). But I can live with things like that.
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#8 17-11-2009 12:34:09
- jerryh
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Re: windows 7
I think they have finally got it right with Windows 7.
Minor issue with USB though, I use nForce4 which relies on M$ not nVidia drivers.
PS. I paid £30.00 for Home Premium. - for ones its handy having teenage kids, students I luv em.
Oh No not again!!
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#9 17-11-2009 21:17:31
Re: windows 7
Stuck it on the PC at work and have been pleasantly surprised 
It's what Vista should have been 
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#10 03-12-2009 17:24:19
- martd77
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Re: windows 7
jerryh wrote:
I think they have finally got it right with Windows 7.
Minor issue with USB though, I use nForce4 which relies on M$ not nVidia drivers.
PS. I paid £30.00 for Home Premium. - for ones its handy having teenage kids, students I luv em.
Jerry h my sons a student and hes been told he can have it for £30 but its a download from the microsoft site? is that what you had to do?
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#13 05-12-2009 10:54:13
- jerryh
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Re: windows 7
You register on the MS site using your sons university/college email, they send a link to that email with a voucher code, you then follow the link and enter the code and pay took me a couple of minutes.
Had no problem even though my payment details has nothing in common with the registered student.
You immediately get the download linkv for the iso - which is fast (very fast)
They will offer a backup up. for a couple of pounds, I assumed this meant they would allow you to download a second time if your original was lost. A bit unneccessary really so I said no.
However later I realised they would send you a DVD so it might have been worth it.
I just burned 2 copies of the DVD
Note you get Windows 7 Home Premium which has most things you are likely to need but you only 1 version ie 32 or 64 bit as requested.
Although Microsoft have historically allowed you to download the other 32 or 64 bit version if you can show a registered key, I don't know if this is the case for Windows 7 but I assume so.
Jerry
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Oh No not again!!
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