Windows 7

[Placebo]

http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/11047872/Microsoft-Windows-7-Home-Premium-E-Retail/Product.html

£50.

Shows as £80 for me, I guess cos my IP is outside the UK.

 

[Bingham67]

Shows as £80 for me, I guess cos my IP is outside the UK.

Nope it was £50 earlier but they changed price now wtf must be mistake as thought going for £50.

 

[RuneEdge]

So you cant change your wallpaper in the starter one?

 

[Placebo]

None of them seem to say whether they're x32 or x64?

I think both versions are on the DVD?

Maybe you get the choice when you install?

From the Amazon product description:

32-bit or 64-bit? For your convenience, every copy of Windows 7 Home Premium includes both 32-bit and 64-bit discs.

Sensible, and about time.

 

[Tim7]

Nope it was £50 earlier but they changed price now wtf must be mistake as thought going for £50.

Glad I ordered it yesterday when it was only £50!!! It's about time something like that happened to me!

 

[Coopz]

They wont honour that i tell thee

 

[Tim7]

They will because I just logged in and checked my account and it says pre ordered for £49.99 .

 

[Coopz]

Didn't know it wasn't free any more

 

[Tim7]

 

[Ogami]

Is it worth getting Windows 7 if I have Vista on my laptop? I'm afraid Microsoft will stop releasing updates for it in the future, so I figured 49 euros is not a bad price. What do you think?

 

[Tim7]

I think, yes. Windows 7 is 100000% better than Vista! You might be able to upgrade for free I think if Vista is OEM?

 

[Ogami]

You mean upgrade Vista to 7 for free? I think only new PCs and laptops with Vista will get a free upgrade.

 

[Tim7]

Yeah that's right. Was yours not then?

 

[Ogami]

Bought it in January. I think you get the free upgrade if you bought a PC or laptop after July 1st.

I'll have to think about it fast before there are no more 7 available.

 

[Becanes]

Sorry it took so long for me to reply. I ordered from Best Buy here in the states. Told my whole family about what I was doing. So my dad ordered the maximum of 3 and I think my brother ordered a couple as well. We are gonna corner the market. hehe

 

[Tim7]

People like you make me sick .

 

[Coopz]

Is there any kind of patch or crack so that you can turn auto arrange off in folder?

Its doing my nut in

 

[Mart]

Doesn't look like it but here's an exciting thread coming to the same conclusion. http://www.sevenforums.com/customization/2235-auto-arrange.html

 

[Tim7]

Why would auto arrange do your nut in?

 

[Mart]

Auto arrange = alphabet.

 

[Placebo]

Still missing expandable folders from the start menu, anyone come across a solution?

 

[Coopz]

Doesn't look like it but here's an exciting thread coming to the same conclusion. http://www.sevenforums.com/customization/2235-auto-arrange.html

If they don't sort it out for the final release i am going back to XP

Why would auto arrange do your nut in?

Because i move files/folders into groups so i know where everything is and with auto arrange and snap to grid on automatically its impossible to do this so my files are all over the shop

 

[Tim7]

Weird .

 

[DagsJT]

Just had a popup saying I need to activate Windows. Which is odd as this has been installed since 7000 came out (months ago?), so not sure why I had to activate it again?

Anyone else had this?

 

[crayon]

Sorry to barge in fellas - I have a rc to install of this - is it better to clean install or just over c drive? Thanks.

 

[Coopz]

clean install

 

[Placebo]

Just had a popup saying I need to activate Windows. Which is odd as this has been installed since 7000 came out (months ago?), so not sure why I had to activate it again?

Anyone else had this?

Did you change any hardware? I had to reactivate simply because I put in a new hard drive.

 

[DagsJT]

Nope, installed onto my laptop and nothing's changed.

 

[crayon]

clean install

Cheers Coopz. This is going to be a pain in the arse.....

 

[Placebo]

Save your Application Data folder, that's the key to getting things up and running quickly.