|
||||||
| Log-in/register to unlock all the member quick-links and features! |
 |
 Senior Member
 |
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Leicestershire, UK
Posts: 2,133
|
Windows 7 - Pre-order bargain price
Sorry, should have flagged this up a few days back but still available many places.
Windows 7 is the replacement to Vista, and is meant to be a good platform well tested in beta and considered by many to be better. It launches later this year and of course will sell at the usual Micro$oft prices of 'bloomin' expensive'. Look how much it is to buy a copy of XP or vista.
What they have done now is give retailers a number of advanced copies they can order to be supplied in late October. For example I ordered my copy of Windows 7 Professional from Amazon a few days ago at £89. This is probably £100 cheaper than the typical selling price will be after the pre-order copies dry up. Windows 7 Home is selling at £49 at Argos. These prices are only whilst they use up the pre-order slots they have, some retailers charge you now, others on delivery. If you want one at this price you need to buy quickly (apparently). PC world, Tesco, others have these avilable on their websites. You can't physically buy it yet anywhere.
It's a bargain price for an operating system but of course not everyone wnats to change and there may be comptability issues with any peripherals you may have, scanners, cameras, printers. Most people are assuming if it works with Vista it will work with 7.
Windows 7 is the replacement to Vista, and is meant to be a good platform well tested in beta and considered by many to be better. It launches later this year and of course will sell at the usual Micro$oft prices of 'bloomin' expensive'. Look how much it is to buy a copy of XP or vista.
What they have done now is give retailers a number of advanced copies they can order to be supplied in late October. For example I ordered my copy of Windows 7 Professional from Amazon a few days ago at £89. This is probably £100 cheaper than the typical selling price will be after the pre-order copies dry up. Windows 7 Home is selling at £49 at Argos. These prices are only whilst they use up the pre-order slots they have, some retailers charge you now, others on delivery. If you want one at this price you need to buy quickly (apparently). PC world, Tesco, others have these avilable on their websites. You can't physically buy it yet anywhere.
It's a bargain price for an operating system but of course not everyone wnats to change and there may be comptability issues with any peripherals you may have, scanners, cameras, printers. Most people are assuming if it works with Vista it will work with 7.
 Senior Member
 |
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: West Cork, Ireland
Posts: 7,578
 |
Thanks for the heads up - but I'm scared of changing... I still miss '98! 
I have XP at the moment, and hoping to keep it until... well, forever!
xx
I have XP at the moment, and hoping to keep it until... well, forever!xx
|
Kit 1 Nikon D800 Nikkor 50mm f1.4 Nikkor 24-70mm f2.8 Nikkor 105 mm f2.8 macro Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8 Sigma 50-500mm F4-6.3 EX DG HSM Sigma 150-500mm F5-6.3 APO DG OS HSM Nikon 70-300mm AF f/4-5.6G Nikon 50mm f1.8 |
Kit 2 Nikon D700 |
Other Kit View my profile to see my other kit! |
|
My Compact/P&S: Fuji finepix bridge |
 Senior Member
|
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Norfolk, UK
Posts: 2,615
|
Hubby tells me its going to be amazing and has pre ordered it for me.
|
Kit 1 Canon 550D Canon 50mm 1.8 Sigma 30mm 1.4 on loan: Tamron 90mm |
Kit 2 Canon 300D (in use by my 10 year old) |
Other Kit View my profile to see my other kit! |
|
My Compact/P&S: broken |
 Admin Team
|
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: South Wales, UK
Posts: 15,385
|
I paid £64 for Vista (64bit) and that wasn't a pre-order, so I'm sure the etailers will discount w7 when it comes out anyway (the rrp is £79 - think vista was more than that? .
PC world I think is the cheapest pre order place at £45
just make sure your pc has the specs to run it:
A PC with these minimum recommended specifications:
PC world I think is the cheapest pre order place at £45
just make sure your pc has the specs to run it:A PC with these minimum recommended specifications:
- 1GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
- 1GB RAM (32-bit) / 2GB RAM (64-bit)
- 16GB available disk space (32-bit) / 20GB (64-bit)
- DirectX 9 graphics processor with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
|
Kit 1 Nikon D300 Nikon 55-200mm VR |
Kit 2 Nikon D40 Nikon 18-55mm |
|
|
My Compact/P&S: Panasonic Lumix TZ7 |
|
Senior Member
|
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Norfolk, UK
Posts: 2,615
|
Doh!
Hubby forgot to pre-order it and its nearly doubled in price already!
Hubby forgot to pre-order it and its nearly doubled in price already!
|
Kit 1 Canon 550D Canon 50mm 1.8 Sigma 30mm 1.4 on loan: Tamron 90mm |
Kit 2 Canon 300D (in use by my 10 year old) |
Other Kit View my profile to see my other kit! |
|
My Compact/P&S: broken |
|
Senior Member
|
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Leicestershire, UK
Posts: 2,133
|
Shop around, different places are at different stages of sales. I think the offer runs until around Aug 8th or until pre-stocks run out.
|
Senior Member
|
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Norfolk, UK
Posts: 2,615
|
Can't find anywhere still at that old price. They have either put the price up or they are out of stock.
Comet are holding the new price for the rest of the year, so no hurry now. I'll sit back and wait and see if it is as good as the hype before getting it.
Comet are holding the new price for the rest of the year, so no hurry now. I'll sit back and wait and see if it is as good as the hype before getting it.
|
Kit 1 Canon 550D Canon 50mm 1.8 Sigma 30mm 1.4 on loan: Tamron 90mm |
Kit 2 Canon 300D (in use by my 10 year old) |
Other Kit View my profile to see my other kit! |
|
My Compact/P&S: broken |
|
Admin Team
|
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: South Wales, UK
Posts: 15,385
|
They'll always be offers on software/os's (maybe not as low as the pre-order tho) my copy of vista was only £64 when I got it and it wasn't a pre-order. I waited a year for the problems to be ironed out before getting it
|
Kit 1 Nikon D300 Nikon 55-200mm VR |
Kit 2 Nikon D40 Nikon 18-55mm |
|
|
My Compact/P&S: Panasonic Lumix TZ7 |
|
Senior Member
|
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Leicestershire, UK
Posts: 2,133
|
Some people are so fed up with Vista that they may not want to wait a year! Some of the professional versions still command a high price and certainly don't retail at the £84 (89 less a small voucher I had) I have my 7 Professional for !
Some of the professional versions still command a high price and certainly don't retail at the £84 (89 less a small voucher I had) I have my 7 Professional for !
|
Admin Team
|
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: South Wales, UK
Posts: 15,385
|
Vista was actually pretty good to me
If you think Vista was bad, don't hold any hope for W7 - it is basically vista repackaged
If you think Vista was bad, don't hold any hope for W7 - it is basically vista repackaged
|
Kit 1 Nikon D300 Nikon 55-200mm VR |
Kit 2 Nikon D40 Nikon 18-55mm |
|
|
My Compact/P&S: Panasonic Lumix TZ7 |
