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Australian prices of windows7? (thread 2) by NanaFreak on 08-07-2009 at 11:33 AM
Volv, why would you get an operating system like home premium... you only get the full of anything, otherwise its stupid...
also, its not affordable... the last operating system that was purchased in my house was XP back years ago, as that was a good and cheap operating system.
And i would buy windows 7 if it was cheaper... its a great operating system... just its not worth $469...
Why was the last thread closed? it was a discussion...
RE: Australian prices of windows7? (thread 2) by Menthix on 08-07-2009 at 11:40 AM
quote:I got Home Premium too. Why would I pay a lot more money for features I don't use? Wouldn't that be stupid?
Originally posted by NanaFreak
why would you get an operating system like home premium... you only get the full of anything, otherwise its stupid
As for the price, you can be creative even without warez... I ordered from the Amazon UK preorder even while I live in the Netherlands + getting a free copy for being a managed tester.
RE: Australian prices of windows7? (thread 2) by Volv on 08-07-2009 at 01:01 PM
The additional features in Home Ultimate over Home Premium are marginal. I doubt you would ever notice a difference if you had the two to work with. I'm not claiming to know what you do with your PC, I'm emphasising how minor the differences are.
Edit: Like I said in the other thread albeit in slightly differing context: people are confusing wants for needs.
You pretty much said it yourself, why pay an extra $250 for something you will never even notice exists in the operating system.
RE: Australian prices of windows7? (thread 2) by blessedguy on 08-07-2009 at 05:28 PM
quote:It was so good when we had only one option, or only 2 (like it was in Xp's begginning: pro and home)...
Originally posted by Volv
I'm emphasising how minor the differences are.
RE: Australian prices of windows7? (thread 2) by tony on 08-07-2009 at 09:38 PM
Why?
RE: Australian prices of windows7? (thread 2) by blessedguy on 08-07-2009 at 09:41 PM
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Originally posted by tony
Why?
Lots of versions create confusion.
RE: Australian prices of windows7? (thread 2) by Willz on 08-08-2009 at 12:04 AM
quote:
Originally posted by NanaFreak
And i would buy windows 7 if it was cheaper... its a great operating system... just its not worth $469...
Why was the last thread closed? it was a discussion...
I totally agree with that.
Even the upgrade editions are pretty expensive. I mean $40 between ultimate upgrade and ultimate retail is a bit of a disappointment.
For the extra money I pay for Ultimate I could buy myself some more RAM or something.
But hey at least its not like Adobe's pricing on stuff.
RE: Australian prices of windows7? (thread 2) by blessedguy on 08-08-2009 at 12:09 AM
quote:It'd be so nice if Microsoft acted like it's concorrent this time...
Originally posted by Willz
Even the upgrade editions are pretty expensive.
Bah, $29 update for Vista users would be a great deal =P
RE: Australian prices of windows7? (thread 2) by Volv on 08-08-2009 at 01:40 AM
quote:Yeah, it's just part of their marketing scheme to pull you into buying a Mac though. With prices like that on their hardware it damn well better be a $29 OS upgrade lol
Originally posted by blessedguy
quote:It'd be so nice if Microsoft acted like it's concorrent this time...
Originally posted by Willz
Even the upgrade editions are pretty expensive.
Bah, $29 update for Vista users would be a great deal =P
RE: Australian prices of windows7? (thread 2) by blessedguy on 08-08-2009 at 02:13 AM
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Originally posted by Volv
Yeah, it's just part of their marketing scheme to pull you into buying a Mac though. With prices like that on their hardware it damn well better be a $29 OS upgrade lol
Still love them.