Cheapest W7?

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Tesco are selling W7 upgrade for £64 are they the cheapest?

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On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:54:29 +0000,
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>Tesco are selling W7 upgrade for £64 are they the cheapest?

Bought mine for the same in Costco, so it might be a superstore price.

All I need now is to get a working serial number. :(((

[Grenou]

I pre-ordered paid £63 at Amazon.co. uk.

You could find a friendly student, they get it a lot cheaper, around £30 :
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=3202071

Grenou


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> Tesco are selling W7 upgrade for £64 are they the cheapest?

[Gordon]

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> On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:54:29 +0000,
> wrote:
>
>>Tesco are selling W7 upgrade for £64 are they the cheapest?
>
> Bought mine for the same in Costco, so it might be a superstore price.
>
> All I need now is to get a working serial number. :(((

And why wasn't a Product key (which I presume you mean by "serial number")
found inside the case?

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On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:40:38 +0000, wrote:


>>Tesco are selling W7 upgrade for £64 are they the cheapest?

>Bought mine for the same in Costco, so it might be a superstore price.

>All I need now is to get a working serial number. :(((

It never had one? What's the point..

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On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 17:24:39 -0000, "Gordon" >
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> wrote in message
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>> On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:54:29 +0000,
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Tesco are selling W7 upgrade for £64 are they the cheapest?
>>
>> Bought mine for the same in Costco, so it might be a superstore price.
>>
>> All I need now is to get a working serial number. :(((
>
>And why wasn't a Product key (which I presume you mean by "serial number")
>found inside the case?

It was, but seems to bear little relation to the stuff on the disk at
insertion time in the install process.

Time for *meaningful* conversations with MS tomorrow.

I don't seem to be alone by google comments.

[Disbelief]

wrote:
> On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:54:29 +0000,
> wrote:
>
>> Tesco are selling W7 upgrade for £64 are they the cheapest?
>
> Bought mine for the same in Costco, so it might be a superstore price.
>
> All I need now is to get a working serial number. :(((

Bought two 'full' copies for £89.98 from PC World - complete with genuine
product keys!

[MCC[_2_]]

On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:54:29 +0000, wrote:

> Tesco are selling W7 upgrade for £64 are they the cheapest?

I bought Windows Vista upgrade to Windows 7 from Comet for £58.95.

The box comes with DVDs for both 32 and 64 bit systems.
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[MCC[_2_]]

On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 23:13:21 +0000, MCC wrote:

> On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:54:29 +0000, wrote:
>
>> Tesco are selling W7 upgrade for £64 are they the cheapest?
>
> I bought Windows Vista upgrade to Windows 7 from Comet for £58.95.
>
> The box comes with DVDs for both 32 and 64 bit systems.

Tesco Direct are selling it for a penny cheaper!
http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.207-0745.aspx
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[Bullwinkle's news]

> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:54:29 +0000,
> wrote:
>
>>Tesco are selling W7 upgrade for £64 are they the cheapest?
>
> Bought mine for the same in Costco, so it might be a superstore price.
>
> All I need now is to get a working serial number. :(((

If you didn't get a serial number you got cheated out of your money. What's
the point in owni ng an OS without a sign of ownership. Take it back.

Regards,

[Gordon]

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> On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 17:24:39 -0000, "Gordon" >
> wrote:
>
>>
> wrote in message
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>>> On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:54:29 +0000,
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Tesco are selling W7 upgrade for £64 are they the cheapest?
>>>
>>> Bought mine for the same in Costco, so it might be a superstore price.
>>>
>>> All I need now is to get a working serial number. :(((
>>
>>And why wasn't a Product key (which I presume you mean by "serial number")
>>found inside the case?
>
> It was, but seems to bear little relation to the stuff on the disk at
> insertion time in the install process.
>

And what do you mean by that?
If you open the plastic case, remove the little booklet on the left hand
side, the Product key should be on a yellow sticker attached to the back of
the front cover...

[Gordon]

"MCC" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:54:29 +0000, wrote:
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>> Tesco are selling W7 upgrade for £64 are they the cheapest?
>
> I bought Windows Vista upgrade to Windows 7 from Comet for £58.95.
>
> The box comes with DVDs for both 32 and 64 bit systems.
> --
> MCC

And I got mine for £44. (pre ordered......)

[Gordon]

"Gordon" > wrote in message
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>> On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 17:24:39 -0000, "Gordon" >
>> wrote:
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>>>
> wrote in message
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>>>> On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:54:29 +0000,
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Tesco are selling W7 upgrade for £64 are they the cheapest?
>>>>
>>>> Bought mine for the same in Costco, so it might be a superstore price.
>>>>
>>>> All I need now is to get a working serial number. :(((
>>>
>>>And why wasn't a Product key (which I presume you mean by "serial
>>>number")
>>>found inside the case?
>>
>> It was, but seems to bear little relation to the stuff on the disk at
>> insertion time in the install process.
>>
>
> And what do you mean by that?
> If you open the plastic case, remove the little booklet on the left hand
> side, the Product key should be on a yellow sticker attached to the back
> of the front cover...

That's the front cover of the plastic case, not the front cover of the
booklet...

[Grymma]

"Grenou" > wrote in message
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> I pre-ordered paid £63 at Amazon.co. uk.
>
> You could find a friendly student, they get it a lot cheaper, around £30 :
> http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=3202071
>
> Grenou

We bought our Pro and Home versions on pre-order, so cheap enough. Now we
need another copy I have coerced my oldest daughters flatmate into ordering
me one on his ac.uk address. Not like he needs/wants it anyway, he's got an
iMac :-) So £30 copy here we come - and thanks for the suggestion!
(Bit elitist that you have to be a uni student though - don't high school
students count?)
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Sig File Missing In Action. Damn you Win 7!

[Grenou]

"Grymma" > wrote in message
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>
> "Grenou" > wrote in message
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>> I pre-ordered paid £63 at Amazon.co. uk.
>>
>> You could find a friendly student, they get it a lot cheaper, around £30
>> :
>> http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=3202071
>>
>> Grenou
>
> We bought our Pro and Home versions on pre-order, so cheap enough. Now we
> need another copy I have coerced my oldest daughters flatmate into
> ordering me one on his ac.uk address. Not like he needs/wants it anyway,
> he's got an iMac :-) So £30 copy here we come - and thanks for the
> suggestion!
> (Bit elitist that you have to be a uni student though - don't high school
> students count?)
> --
> Grymma AFPOh Goddess Of Hangovers; DAcFD, BF (UU)
> Sig File Missing In Action. Damn you Win 7!


Great!
Love the 'Goddess of Hangovers' ;-)

Grenou

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On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:46:26 GMT, "Grymma"
> wrote:

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>"Grenou" > wrote in message
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>> I pre-ordered paid £63 at Amazon.co. uk.
>>
>> You could find a friendly student, they get it a lot cheaper, around £30 :
>> http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=3202071
>>
>> Grenou
>
>We bought our Pro and Home versions on pre-order, so cheap enough. Now we
>need another copy I have coerced my oldest daughters flatmate into ordering
>me one on his ac.uk address. Not like he needs/wants it anyway, he's got an
>iMac :-) So £30 copy here we come - and thanks for the suggestion!
>(Bit elitist that you have to be a uni student though - don't high school
>students count?)

Cheap of you Shortstuff!

(Just found out I could have done it reading here yesterday. :(( )

Ho-hum!

[metspitzer]

On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 16:46:24 -0000, "Grenou"
> wrote:

>I pre-ordered paid £63 at Amazon.co. uk.
>
>You could find a friendly student, they get it a lot cheaper, around £30 :
>http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=3202071
>
>Grenou
>
A friend of mine told me that the student version is crippled in XP.
Burning music on Media Player doesn't work.
I wonder if Win7 is like that too.

[Rich]

"Metspitzer" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 16:46:24 -0000, "Grenou"
> > wrote:
>
>>I pre-ordered paid £63 at Amazon.co. uk.
>>
>>You could find a friendly student, they get it a lot cheaper, around £30 :
>>http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=3202071
>>
>>Grenou
>>
> A friend of mine told me that the student version is crippled in XP.
> Burning music on Media Player doesn't work.
> I wonder if Win7 is like that too.

Windows 7 Student Upgrade is 100% functional, available as Home Premium &
Pro for the same price (hint: take the pro) &, of course, can be clean
installed. All you need is a functional e-mail address ending in *.edu.
There is no transcript checking, etc.


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[~~Alan~~[_4_]]

"Rich" > wrote in message
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> "Metspitzer" > wrote in message
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>> On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 16:46:24 -0000, "Grenou"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>I pre-ordered paid £63 at Amazon.co. uk.
>>>
>>>You could find a friendly student, they get it a lot cheaper, around £30
>>>:
>>>http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=3202071
>>>
>>>Grenou
>>>
>> A friend of mine told me that the student version is crippled in XP.
>> Burning music on Media Player doesn't work.
>> I wonder if Win7 is like that too.
>
> Windows 7 Student Upgrade is 100% functional, available as Home Premium &
> Pro for the same price (hint: take the pro) &, of course, can be clean
> installed. All you need is a functional e-mail address ending in *.edu.
> There is no transcript checking, etc.
>
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> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security.
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I heard that the student version is distributed as a download and as an .exe
not as an .iso. Are there any pros or cons to this?

~alan

[Rich]

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>> "Metspitzer" > wrote in message
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>>> On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 16:46:24 -0000, "Grenou"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>I pre-ordered paid £63 at Amazon.co. uk.
>>>>
>>>>You could find a friendly student, they get it a lot cheaper, around £30
>>>>:
>>>>http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=3202071
>>>>
>>>>Grenou
>>>>
>>> A friend of mine told me that the student version is crippled in XP.
>>> Burning music on Media Player doesn't work.
>>> I wonder if Win7 is like that too.
>>
>> Windows 7 Student Upgrade is 100% functional, available as Home Premium &
>> Pro for the same price (hint: take the pro) &, of course, can be clean
>> installed. All you need is a functional e-mail address ending in *.edu.
>> There is no transcript checking, etc.
>>
>> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus
>> signature database 4682 (20091212) __________
>>
>> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security.
>>
>> http://www.eset.com
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>>
>>
> I heard that the student version is distributed as a download and as an
> .exe not as an .iso. Are there any pros or cons to this?
>
> ~alan


For an additional $13 you can get an original Microsoft disk.
Originally, the download were "*box" files that "unloaded" into the
installation files that required burning. Many people had problems with
corrupted downloads, etc. & the resulting installation failures. The
distributer (Digital River?), changed it to a single "*.iso" image to burn
which takes complicated steps out of the download, unboxing & burning of the
original scheme. The "*iso" systems is leaner & better.
Rich


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