Buying Windows 7 64 bit

I am planning to buy a new motherboard, CPU, memory and Windows 7,
64 bit. Do I have to buy the Windows 7 from the same vendor and the
motherboard at the same time?

If I can buy Windows 7 64 bit without buying a motherboard at the
same time, where can I get it at the best price? Thank you in
advance for all replies.
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On 22/05/2012 7:23 AM, Daniel Prince wrote:
I am planning to buy a new motherboard, CPU, memory and Windows 7,
64 bit. Do I have to buy the Windows 7 from the same vendor and the
motherboard at the same time?

No.

If I can buy Windows 7 64 bit without buying a motherboard at the
same time, where can I get it at the best price? Thank you in
advance for all replies.

Individual copies of Win 7-64 are occasionally on sale at Staples,
Costco, etc, but in my experience the best bet is to buy a bundle.
Bundle prices are often a much better buy than sourcing from different
vendors. Once in a while, it's spectacular: I got an OEM Win7 Pro-64
with a 1TB internal drive for $120, which was in fact the price of the
drive. OEM versions are for anyone who builds systems, BTW: there's no
ethical and AFAIK no legal issue if you roll your own.

Have fun,
Wolf K.

On Tue, 22 May 2012 04:23:03 -0700, Daniel Prince
wrote:

I am planning to buy a new motherboard, CPU, memory and Windows 7,
64 bit. Do I have to buy the Windows 7 from the same vendor and the
motherboard at the same time?


No.


If I can buy Windows 7 64 bit without buying a motherboard at the
same time, where can I get it at the best price? Thank you in
advance for all replies.


I don't know about the "best" price, but there's a good Memorial day
sale at NewEgg--$118.99 for 64-bit Windows 7 Professional.


Go to
http://promotions.newegg.com/NEemail...x-_-E0-_-Enter

or http://tinyurl.com/cnrwwj5

and scroll about a third of the way down the page.

On 22/05/12 14:24, Wolf K wrote:

OEM versions are for anyone who builds systems, BTW: t

The Licence states that you must have built the machine for sale to a
third party, and you have to install the OEM version with a OEM
Pre-installation Kit. AFAIK you can't install OEM Windows 7 without it.

http://www.microsoft.com/oem/en/inst...ows_7_opk.aspx

On 22/05/2012 10:11 AM, Gordon wrote:
On 22/05/12 14:24, Wolf K wrote:

OEM versions are for anyone who builds systems, BTW: t

The Licence states that you must have built the machine for sale to a
third party, and you have to install the OEM version with a OEM
Pre-installation Kit. AFAIK you can't install OEM Windows 7 without it.

http://www.microsoft.com/oem/en/inst...ows_7_opk.aspx

Yes, that's what it says on the sleeve. According to the licence, it
looks like I'm an "assembler." I had no trouble installing and
activating the OS on this machine. I guess my left hand sold the system
to my right hand. Neither ever knows what the other is doing... ;-)

HTH,
Wolf K.

Gordon wrote:

On 22/05/12 14:24, Wolf K wrote:

OEM versions are for anyone who builds systems, BTW: t

The Licence states that you must have built the machine for sale to a
third party, and you have to install the OEM version with a OEM
Pre-installation Kit. AFAIK you can't install OEM Windows 7 without
it.

http://www.microsoft.com/oem/en/inst...ages/windows_7
_opk.aspx

I bought an OEM version of Win 7 32 bit to install on one of my old
computers. Was able to do so without any pre-installation kit - it just
installed and activated fine.

JIP

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Ken Blake wrote:

I don't know about the "best" price, but there's a good Memorial day
sale at NewEgg--$118.99 for 64-bit Windows 7 Professional.

Newegg has Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM for
$99.99.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832116986

What advantages does the Professional version have over the Home
Premium? Do you think it is worth $19 more?
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On Tue, 22 May 2012 11:09:42 -0700, Daniel Prince
wrote:

Ken Blake wrote:

I don't know about the "best" price, but there's a good Memorial day
sale at NewEgg--$118.99 for 64-bit Windows 7 Professional.

Newegg has Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM for
$99.99.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832116986

What advantages does the Professional version have over the Home
Premium? Do you think it is worth $19 more?


The difference is that Professional has some features that Home
Premium doesn't have. You can read about them he
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7_editions


Whether those features are worth $19 more depends upon your needs and
desires. You should decide for yourself. My opinion shouldn't count
for you.

"Ken Blake" wrote in message
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On Tue, 22 May 2012 11:09:42 -0700, Daniel Prince
wrote:

Ken Blake wrote:

I don't know about the "best" price, but there's a good Memorial day
sale at NewEgg--$118.99 for 64-bit Windows 7 Professional.

Newegg has Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM for
$99.99.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832116986

What advantages does the Professional version have over the Home
Premium? Do you think it is worth $19 more?


The difference is that Professional has some features that Home
Premium doesn't have. You can read about them he
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7_editions


Whether those features are worth $19 more depends upon your needs and
desires. You should decide for yourself. My opinion shouldn't count
for you.

If it's like the difference between Home Premium and Pro versions of Vista,
then they are some things you *don't* get with Pro - like Windows Media
Centre.

"Mortimer" wrote:

If it's like the difference between Home Premium and Pro versions of Vista,
then they are some things you *don't* get with Pro - like Windows Media
Centre.

If Windows 7 Pro does not come with Windows Media Center, can I
download it?

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When a cat sits in a human's lap both the human and the cat are usually
happy. The human is happy because he thinks the cat is sitting on him/her
because it loves her/him. The cat is happy because it thinks that by sitting
on the human it is dominant over the human.

On Tue, 22 May 2012 14:00:36 -0700, Daniel Prince
wrote:

"Mortimer" wrote:

If it's like the difference between Home Premium and Pro versions of Vista,
then they are some things you *don't* get with Pro - like Windows Media
Centre.

If Windows 7 Pro does not come with Windows Media Center, can I
download it?


Did you go to the web site I told you about? If you do, you will see
that *both* Home Premium and Professional come with Windows Media
Center.

On Tue, 22 May 2012 15:07:23 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:

On Tue, 22 May 2012 14:00:36 -0700, Daniel Prince
wrote:

"Mortimer" wrote:

If it's like the difference between Home Premium and Pro versions of Vista,
then they are some things you *don't* get with Pro - like Windows Media
Centre.

If Windows 7 Pro does not come with Windows Media Center, can I
download it?

Did you go to the web site I told you about? If you do, you will see
that *both* Home Premium and Professional come with Windows Media
Center.

I can't figure out which link you mean, so here's the one I found at MS:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...oducts/compare

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Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

On Tue, 22 May 2012 16:04:44 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"
wrote:

On Tue, 22 May 2012 15:07:23 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:

On Tue, 22 May 2012 14:00:36 -0700, Daniel Prince
wrote:

"Mortimer" wrote:

If it's like the difference between Home Premium and Pro versions of Vista,
then they are some things you *don't* get with Pro - like Windows Media
Centre.

If Windows 7 Pro does not come with Windows Media Center, can I
download it?

Did you go to the web site I told you about? If you do, you will see
that *both* Home Premium and Professional come with Windows Media
Center.

I can't figure out which link you mean, so here's the one I found at MS:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...oducts/compare


That one's fine too, but I had posted
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7_editions

Ken

On Tue, 22 May 2012 17:02:54 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:

On Tue, 22 May 2012 16:04:44 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"
wrote:

On Tue, 22 May 2012 15:07:23 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:

On Tue, 22 May 2012 14:00:36 -0700, Daniel Prince
wrote:

"Mortimer" wrote:

If it's like the difference between Home Premium and Pro versions of Vista,
then they are some things you *don't* get with Pro - like Windows Media
Centre.

If Windows 7 Pro does not come with Windows Media Center, can I
download it?

Did you go to the web site I told you about? If you do, you will see
that *both* Home Premium and Professional come with Windows Media
Center.

I can't figure out which link you mean, so here's the one I found at MS:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...oducts/compare

That one's fine too, but I had posted
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7_editions

Ken

In looking through your posts in this thread before, I managed to miss
that, but armed with the above info, my eyes started to work again :-)

Thanks. And my apologies.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

On 22/05/2012 2:09 PM, Daniel Prince wrote:
Ken wrote:

I don't know about the "best" price, but there's a good Memorial day
sale at NewEgg--$118.99 for 64-bit Windows 7 Professional.

Newegg has Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM for
$99.99.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832116986

What advantages does the Professional version have over the Home
Premium? Do you think it is worth $19 more?


I have Pro on this computer, my wife has Home Premium on her laptop, for
what we do there's no difference. I'd go by price. With both, you may
have to download additional MS freeware, such as Movie Maker (a nice
little program for basic movie editing.)

HTH,
Wolf K.