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Windows 8: Special Offers

The only real offers at the moment are £15 for an upgrade if you pre registered and £25 if you upgrade tomorrow anyway. There is also the £50 upgrade if you actually want the media as well.

Both are digital download only and both contain Windows Media Centre.

I have already pre-loaded my machine is an old HD so I can download Windows 8 then when complete go into the registry and get the license key so then I can just do a load at anytime using the RTM disks I have.
 
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Hmm I never saw anywhere to pre-register at the time which is a shame, but still £25 for the upgrade is extremely cheap and I'm fine with that, even if we're a three license house with the wife having two laptops :)
 
The £15 pre registration is for people who bought there laptop within the last 6 months.
But I just said I purchased 4 machines within the last 6 months, if I can type the code in and it works great, if not I will have to pay £25 for my desktop.

But the problem is at the moment drivers are very sparse and I will probably wait a couple of months for drivers and software re-worked with Metro in mind.
As it seems only Microsoft programs are fine at the moment with Metro integration.
 
Hmm I tried that and the only option I'm getting once I've run the upgrade assistant is Windows 8 Pro £24.99?

Ignore that, you simply apply the promo code at the end of the checkout procedure, score!
 
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Hmm it worked once but when I tried again with the exact same information it failed for some reason, and it's supposed to let you register 5 PCs just that you have to do it one at a time?

Do you have to register from each actual PC? That could be the issue, will give it a try.

Edit: Yep that's working fine, obviously it just wants you registering from the actual PC you plan to upgrade to :)
 
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I think it is really good that the upgrade tool allows you to create a USB and DVD from the downloaded image.
It's just a shame I have to use the DVD to install my desktop so it uses GUID instead of MBR.
 
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I have a couple of codes which allow this to be purchased for £15 if anyone wants one.

Just use the upgrade assistant and type in the Promo code.
 
bsmaff said:
Yes, I wouldn't go back now.
It is a lot quicker than 7, and once you get pass the initial look and feel of it, it is much better to use than 7.
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Same here. Feels quicker and slicker in some way. Also some additional options here and there that I can't quite remember at the moment :P
 
bsmaff said:
and once you get pass the initial look and feel of it, it is much better to use than 7.
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Looks and feels exactly like Windows 7 for me once I installed "Start 8" ;)

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The same for me. And if you want to use the "old" look, I would say: better stay at Win7. A lot of things you have to adjust and install afterwards for Win8 before you can use it as Win7.
If I had a touchscrren Monitor I think I would definetly move on to Win8.
 
we7god said:
The same for me. And if you want to use the "old" look, I would say: better stay at Win7. A lot of things you have to adjust and install afterwards for Win8 before you can use it as Win7.
If I had a touchscrren Monitor I think I would definetly move on to Win8.
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Have you used Windows 8?
 
bsmaff said:
Have you used Windows 8?
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Yes, I had a trial. First I thought it was awful - as for me the tiles make more sense if using a touchscreen. the classic design was not that easy to configure at first. once i had everything installed and setup to use it like win7 the difference for me was not that big. so no need to spend extra money to move on to win8.

I don't say it's bad, but for my taste win7 i sabsolutely sufficient, and on my desktop pc it's also running smooth and stable.
 
I still have 1 code left.
This is a FREE code, you just enter it at the end of the Upgrade assistant page.
You will get the Win 8 Pro upgrade for £14.99 instead of £189.99
 
Thanks for giving me one of the codes, mate.

Got Windows 8 installed and in a serviceable state. While I don't deny that there are genuine performance gains to be had from this upgrade, I must say the new user interface is fucking atrocious.

Installed Classic Shell out of urgent necessity and now the desktop feels a little more comfortable. What MS were thinking with the apps on a desktop is beyond me.
 
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