windows 7 home premium $29 (students)

[Jared530 10+ year member]

Does this come with MS word, powerpoint, excel and all that? or is that another bundle ? Im thinking about formatting me entire comp because its super slow, but i dont have the MS word exc. disk that came with my laptop a few years ago.

 

[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

Does this come with MS word, powerpoint, excel and all that? or is that another bundle ? Im thinking about formatting me entire comp because its super slow, but i dont have the MS word exc. disk that came with my laptop a few years ago.

This is just the OS, not office applications. You want Microsoft office in addition to this.

 

[RJesus 10+ year member]

The "catch" is you have to have windows vista installed in order to configure windows 7

Its not a new operating system, its just an update they decided to charge you for.

Its like saying, oh yeah we sold you this piece of crap last year but ughh give us $30 and we'll fix it for you.

And copies of windows apps like word, excel, etc. are available for free.

places like bb-warez.com etc.

they're illegal but...they work perfectly and its free so...

 

[Ignatowski 5,000+ posts]

microsoft is over priced.....in new over the counter form

Windows should be 49.99.......thieves

 

[RJesus 10+ year member]

microsoft is over priced.....in new over the counter form Windows should be 49.99.......thieves

if windows is over priced, what alternative is there //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

 

[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

The "catch" is you have to have windows vista installed in order to configure windows 7
Its not a new operating system, its just an update they decided to charge you for.

Its like saying, oh yeah we sold you this piece of crap last year but ughh give us $30 and we'll fix it for you.

And copies of windows apps like word, excel, etc. are available for free.

places like bb-warez.com etc.

they're illegal but...they work perfectly and its free so...

Piracy is wrong asshat. Also OS refreshes happen with any distro you idiot. Lastly, Vista isn't crap. A bit bloated for some hardware, yes, but it introduced many good features. Most complaints are generated by clueless doucherockets who have no clue on how to tailor it the way they need it.

 

[Ignatowski 5,000+ posts]

if windows is over priced, what alternative is there //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

there is none which is why bill gates is the richest man in the world......its a monopoly because of lack of competition

no one wants to make a better mousetrap

 

[ejschultz 10+ year member]

there is none which is why bill gates is the richest man in the world......its a monopoly because of lack of competitionno one wants to make a better mousetrap

I'd rather use a Mac than a PC. However, all of my computers are PCs running XP. Mac operating systems are generally cheap (after you purchase a Mac). Ubuntu is free. For most of you, these aren't great alternatives, but they're really cheap (if you have a Mac) or free.

 

[bmoney9 10+ year member]

where can you get the professional edition of win7 for cheap? i only see the home edition for 30. i am willing to pay a a little extra for the professional edition

 

[bmoney9 10+ year member]

nvm i found it..sorry lol

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

Im an IT professional and i've totally shyed away from Vista, imo it's garbage. I have all sorts of programs that I normally use that won't even run on vista. I'd love to see if it works on Win 7 but i've not felt like building a computer just to test an operating system //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

The "catch" is you have to have windows vista installed in order to configure windows 7
Its not a new operating system, its just an update they decided to charge you for.

Its like saying, oh yeah we sold you this piece of crap last year but ughh give us $30 and we'll fix it for you.

And copies of windows apps like word, excel, etc. are available for free.

places like bb-warez.com etc.

they're illegal but...they work perfectly and its free so...

i dont think so. You might have to have a windows key or disk (xp, vista, 98) but you wont need to have it installed and will be able to do a clean install.

 

[ejschultz 10+ year member]

i dont think so. You might have to have a windows key or disk (xp, vista, 98) but you wont need to have it installed and will be able to do a clean install.

This would definitely be something to look into.

 

[bass_lover1 10+ year member]

This would definitely be something to look into.

I've been reading up on the site a bit more, and it should be pretty simple to do a clean install.

Download the file, burn it to a DVD as a .iso file. Boot off it, then install. I also read that they'll be sending you a product key via email when the product is released.

 

[srorobs 10+ year member]

If you install this, it would wipe out all the programs already on your computer, right? Basically like starting with a brand new pc?