windows 7 discounted

[les_taxi]

windows 7 home premium available to pre-order £48.13 will retail £150.00!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/
ordered mine be quick these will dissappear soon.

omg they sold out already!!!

[KeithD]

You can just buy the OEM version

Not sure it's worth upgrading from Vista....doesn't appear to be much difference unless they've rewritten the memory management.

[ukgangster]

You can just buy the OEM version

Not sure it's worth upgrading from Vista....doesn't appear to be much difference unless they've rewritten the memory management.

Its more of a Vista-lite than a brand new o/s (sort of Windows 98 to ME), whats important, W7 wont need silly amounts of memory, CPU and graphics as in Vista. M$ have done the right thing with W7 IMHO.

[les_taxi]

play.com have it. much faster than vista,better than xp.i have had all 3 and although my use is home pc only windows 7 is great.i have been using it for 3 months now and it's the o/s to get.people have snapped it up so quick as they know it's a great o/s.i dont think you will get it any cheaper even for oem version.

[somebody]

People actually pay for Windows

If you buy a Vista device at the moment you can get it as a free upgrade.

MS are desperate for numbers as they cant afford another Vista damp squib.

on the half price offer

http://www.microsoft.com/uk/windows/...pre-order.aspx

http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/win7_skus_compare.asp


Dont forget the EU version as no Internet explorer so make sure you have your browser/s of choice avaiable to load on..

[MarBell379]

My next upgrade will be a Mac.
Ive got too fed up with slow boots and rebuilds, constant application hanging etc

[KeithD]

[QUOTE=somebody;153033]People actually pay for Windows

If you buy a Vista device at the moment you can get it as a free upgrade.

[QUOTE]
Then your are still paying for Windows!

[GaryFifer]

Just a question. How many security updates has Windows 7 had already?

[KeithD]

Just a question. How many security updates has Windows 7 had already?

You constantly get security updates for all OS, I'd be worried if you didn't. My Linux servers get them daily.

[les_taxi]

just download firefox and keep ready to install.take my word its a great o/s.2 example's
plug in a device,camera,flah drive etc in seconds its installed no need for instalation disc in most cases, i purposley uninstalled my sound driver,re-booted.windows 7 found my driver and installed it straight away.my pc loads up faster than xp,no security issues at all,i use nod a/v and i love this o/s.its how vista should have been.once you have used this you would not return to xp.

[KeithD]

I've never had a problem with Visat, and have over 5.5Million files running on it, and God knows how much hardware.

W7 will have security issues, and Vista "plug in a device,camera,flah drive etc in seconds its installed no need for instalation disc in most cases" does this!

It is a memory hog though needing at least 2GB, but that is not the software, it was the way they done the memory management which thinks it knows what you may use next and pre-loads it into memory, except in my case it gets it wrong 100% of the time as I use so much software.

[les_taxi]

I've never had a problem with Visat, and have over 5.5Million files running on it, and God knows how much hardware.

W7 will have security issues, and Vista "plug in a device,camera,flah drive etc in seconds its installed no need for instalation disc in most cases" does this!

It is a memory hog though needing at least 2GB, but that is not the software, it was the way they done the memory management which thinks it knows what you may use next and pre-loads it into memory, except in my case it gets it wrong 100% of the time as I use so much software.

I agree with what you say to some extent keith.I used vista too and liked it and never really had a problem with it.But windows 7 really is vista lite all the good stuff but faster,microsoft new thet had not got vista right and this is really how vista should have been,i think it's a great oppotunity to get windows 7 a heavily discounted price (under £50) while we can.

[KeithD]

I'd rather see it work for a year as I have so much software I use I need to ensure it all works, and don't really need a cut-down version anyway, works fine on a 4Gb memory, Quadcore, with a few terrabytes of disk space.

[somebody]

I agree with what you say to some extent keith.I used vista too and liked it and never really had a problem with it.But windows 7 really is vista lite all the good stuff but faster,microsoft new thet had not got vista right and this is really how vista should have been,i think it's a great oppotunity to get windows 7 a heavily discounted price (under £50) while we can.

Might be free in a years time with Google and whatever happens in 2010.

I belive the web version office is going to be free although with no browser supplied maybe thats why its free

[KeithD]

...and it only works in IE.....you can't be done under the monopoly laws for free stuff

[somebody]

I've never had a problem with Visat, and have over 5.5Million files running on it, and God knows how much hardware.

W7 will have security issues, and Vista "plug in a device,camera,flah drive etc in seconds its installed no need for instalation disc in most cases" does this!

It is a memory hog though needing at least 2GB, but that is not the software, it was the way they done the memory management which thinks it knows what you may use next and pre-loads it into memory, except in my case it gets it wrong 100% of the time as I use so much software.

im not sure if the o/s are a memory hog as people still often dont put in enough Memory.

Are we on the whole underesitimating the memory we need? CPus, video cards and HDD are increased at far quicker rates than the Memory in my experience.

All the XP devices at our workplace have few problems all kitted out with two or three gb and fly along and its rare to see a blue screen unless a user does something stoooooooopid.

The missus bought a laptop recently with vista and again with 4gbytes of memory no problems.It cost not much more for the memory compared to the cheaper version, ok i got it on the Swine flu contingency expenses

Many of her friends and other people i know have a lower spec of the same Dell. They are not so happy with their device and have crashes, hangs ups and alsorts.

[KeithD]

Regardless of hom much memory you have in Vista, even 8GB's, Vista's memory manager will fill it when you boot with programs it expects you to use. So if you don't do what it thinks, it has to unload then load the correct software.

[somebody]

Regardless of hom much memory you have in Vista, even 8GB's, Vista's memory manager will fill it when you boot with programs it expects you to use. So if you don't do what it thinks, it has to unload then load the correct software.

I dont use it personally, Vampires have Garlic I have Vista

[KeithD]

Wonder when W8 will be out

[somebody]

Wonder when W8 will be out

Rather have a V8

[les_taxi]

keith have you tried dis-abling superfetch?

[KeithD]

keith have you tried dis-abling superfetch?

Yes, but Vista still fills up the memory as Superfetch is just the 'guessing' part not the 'putting'

It needs to work on the basis of software used most in the last week, but still keep 50% of the memory free, not <10% in some cases. With Superfetch off, it just keeps filling up the memory, and only takes stuff out when it needs it!!!

[ukgangster]

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=119367

M$ have withdrawn the special promo pricing, now up to £79.99. Not such a bargain now.

[tomm]

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=119367

M$ have withdrawn the special promo pricing, now up to £79.99. Not such a bargain now.

Dixon's still have it but be

[les_taxi]

Dixon's still have it but be

pc world too be quick,i ordered 4 copies

[somebody]

pc world too be quick,i ordered 4 copies

Blimey.

I have a feeling that if Google do release Chrome OS then MS and Apple will have a free os, a kind of lite operating system. Will all os prices drop along the scale as well?

With Microsoft hiring the guy who helped set up the Apple retail stores and ms, yahoo, apple and google fighting one another in various areas and markets gonna be an intresting couple of years and good for the customer

[les_taxi]

Blimey.

I have a feeling that if Google do release Chrome OS then MS and Apple will have a free os, a kind of lite operating system. Will all os prices drop along the scale as well?

With Microsoft hiring the guy who helped set up the Apple retail stores and ms, yahoo, apple and google fighting one another in various areas and markets gonna be an intresting couple of years and good for the customer

yes four seems a lot but 3 will be to sell - on
in 6 months they wont be available at that price and i.m confident of making nice little profit.a retail genuine xp is about £40 on ebay.i would at the very least get what i paid for them.since i fix and format lots of pcs im sure if i instal the new o/s on them i will have some happy customers.

[KeithD]

If you build PC's you buy the cheaper OEM's

[joebloggs]

i'll not bother, even it it was free

I'm still using XP and will be for a long time to come, hardly ever crashes and its on 24/7 for nearly 2yrs

[les_taxi]

well i used it over 3 months best o/s i ever used. xp was great,i liked vista too but this is better than both. but not going to argue the point each entitltled to his own view but this will become the main o/s for the majority of users in a few years time when xp no longer supported.