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Can you send Windows 8.1 upgrade?
I remember in early years, microsoft used to send MS Windows updates on
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Can you send Windows 8.1 upgrade?
On 27/01/2014 09:54, migrante wrote:
I remember in early years, microsoft used to send MS Windows updates on Cd-Rom for free. Why are we being treated as bank clients when we want microsoft products? But times have changed. We are in what is called "Cloud world" and so everything has to be downloaded. Even Application software will soon be available to download only. They think this way piracy is likely to be controlled. -- Good Guy Website: http://mytaxsite.co.uk Website: http://html-css.co.uk Email: http://mytaxsite.co.uk/contact-us |
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Can you send Windows 8.1 upgrade?
On 27/01/2014 9:24 PM, Good Guy wrote:
On 27/01/2014 09:54, migrante wrote: I remember in early years, microsoft used to send MS Windows updates on Cd-Rom for free. Why are we being treated as bank clients when we want microsoft products? But times have changed. We are in what is called "Cloud world" and so everything has to be downloaded. Even Application software will soon be available to download only. They think this way piracy is likely to be controlled. It's not entirely wrong. The fact that Steam, for instance, offers gamers the opportunity to download games and have them immediately, rather than buying a CD and then installing it as before. For me, this solves a problem as keeping the CD in the drive to 'curb piracy' annoyed me greatly. It's what allowed me to move back to PC gaming from several years of console exclusivity. -- Silver Slimer GNU/Linux is Communism |
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Can you send Windows 8.1 upgrade?
migrante wrote:
I remember in early years, microsoft used to send MS Windows updates on Cd-Rom for free. Why are we being treated as bank clients when we want microsoft products? http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...e-to-windows-8 "How do I buy a physical DVD? You can buy a Windows 8.1 DVD from the Microsoft Store or any other retailer if available in your country or region. You can also buy it online from the Microsoft Store in Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and United States. " I suspect though, you will only be offered the version of media corresponding to the original OS purchase. Not the Service Pack you're looking for. I'm not going to enter my key into this, just to test it. So if your key was for an 8.0 purchase, they'd probably send an 8.0 DVD just to annoy you. https://www7.media.microsoftstore.co...?culture=en-US Maybe someone who actually needs a DVD, can test this for us. Paul |
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