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News Microsoft confirms Windows 8 upgrade pricing, System Builder edition

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by brumgrunt, 3 Jul 2012.

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  1. Gareth Halfacree

    Gareth Halfacree WIIGII! Lover of bit-tech Administrator Super Moderator Moderator

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    Nothing firm: Microsoft has stated that those looking to set up a Win8 VM will qualify for the discounted System Builder edition, but hasn't given pricing.
     
    Gareth Halfacree, 5 Jul 2012
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  2. ajfsound

    ajfsound Minimodder

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    The OEM upgrade path sounds interesting, I wonder whether the licencing system will be smart enough to detect the hardware that your OEM is registered against...or whether you could get away with a cheeky upgrade before installing the new OS!
     
    ajfsound, 5 Jul 2012
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  3. thelaw

    thelaw What's a Dremel?

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    I too are waiting till others have tried/tested it, i remember the issues with both applications and games going from XP to win 7, it took the best part of a year for alot of app/game developers to come up with patches/new software to make them compatiable on win 7.
     
    thelaw, 5 Jul 2012
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  4. HourBeforeDawn

    HourBeforeDawn a.k.a KazeModz

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    I may do this so I can have a cheap OS when I decide to move to it, probably use it for my HTPC but as my main rig no thank you.
     
    HourBeforeDawn, 7 Jul 2012
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  5. Star*Dagger

    Star*Dagger What's a Dremel?

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    If you are using XP you should be charged 1000€ and a kick in the nuts, but get a free t-shirt that says "I'm an idiot!"
     
    Star*Dagger, 7 Jul 2012
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  6. DC74

    DC74 Doh!

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    I'm not a fan of Windows 8, I don't fancy this point and click on massive tiles interface which is clearly meant for idiots or console users. I'll stick with windows 7 it's not broke so don't fix it unless your making a major update for gamers and those that use their PC's as more than a media station.
     
    DC74, 9 Jul 2012
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  7. GoodBytes

    GoodBytes How many wifi's does it have?

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    windows 8 has a lot of feature that interest power users. People should stop looking at only the start screen. Which personally I think it's great. Check out this post, from dullonien on this forum:
    http://forums.bit-tech.net/showpost.php?p=3104989&postcount=607

    Windows 8 provides:
    -> Ability to pause and add transfer /move actions
    -> Ability to automatically change between wireless and wired network, And when on wireless it will pick the normal wireless over 3G/LTE /4G when a wireless is detected to not consume your bandwidth. Everything is automatic
    -> Ability to know how much you downloaded and uploaded on your wireless network (including cellphone communication network (3G/LTE/4G, etc.)
    -> More power efficient (I have 1h more of battery life on my laptop over Win7 64-bit)
    -> More performant , as early benchmark of Win8 shows
    -> Can view all sorts of information at the start screen
    -> New task manager
    -> support for newer technology such as TRIM on RAID setup, and USB 3.0.
    -> and of course all the new features that was talk about on this thread which is long.
     
    GoodBytes, 9 Jul 2012
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