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LordShaftesbu...
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PostPosted: 14:03 - 07 Oct 2009    Post subject: Windows 7 Professional for £30 Reply with quote
If you have a University email account:

https://www.microsoft.com/uk/education/studentoffer/
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PostPosted: 14:46 - 07 Oct 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=183382
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PostPosted: 16:14 - 07 Oct 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
And it's still £30 overpriced.
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PostPosted: 17:03 - 07 Oct 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
The Shaggy D.A. wrote:
And it's still £30 overpriced.


Laughing

got windows 7 ultimate downloading atm so I will report back with an average guy's views on it
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PostPosted: 17:08 - 07 Oct 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
it better be fucking good or am buying an apple piece of shit instead.
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PostPosted: 19:08 - 07 Oct 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
XlonewolfX wrote:
it better be fucking good or am buying an apple piece of shit instead.


Or don't spend a penny and go for a free open source OS (like one of the many, many flavours of Linux or BSD)? Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 19:22 - 07 Oct 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
BOLLOCKS!

Well, it's not just for students, staff are eligible as well. I know cos I ordered mine Thumbs Up

Offve 2007 is very cheap too at £38 ... but I didn't buy that as I already "acquired" a copy ...

AFAIK you can only install it on one machine ... but I'd be very happy if I was corrected ...
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PostPosted: 19:31 - 07 Oct 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
neil.martin wrote:
XlonewolfX wrote:
it better be fucking good or am buying an apple piece of shit instead.


Or don't spend a penny and go for a free open source OS (like one of the many, many flavours of Linux or BSD)? Thumbs Up

Dunno i'll look into it when i build a gaming rig.
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neil.
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PostPosted: 19:59 - 07 Oct 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
You can run a heck of a lot of Windows stuff really nicely (sometimes better!) on Linux now:

https://www.playonlinux.com/en/

https://appdb.winehq.org/

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PostPosted: 20:24 - 07 Oct 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote
I use Linux at work. The things it does well it does really well, but for everything else, it sucks.
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