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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Dec 16, 2009 11:49:40 GMT -6
Hey geeks, heres a heads up, check your local Office Max. Mine has a Windows 7 Family Premium Upgrade 3 Pack for $149.
I dont know if this is a local price only, or available nationally, but an online price check found most places selling this for $250-$260. Both 32 and 64 bit versions included.
Family Premium may not be the product for you, but for most basic computer configurations, it will do the job.
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Post by Chicago Jake on Dec 16, 2009 13:13:38 GMT -6
Is there any screaming need to upgrade at all? I'm really happy with my XP, but if there are cool new features that I'd use, I might consider it.......Jake
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Dec 16, 2009 13:20:21 GMT -6
Im doing the family laptops, all of which came with Vista (which is reason enough), all of which are taking forever to boot and shutdown and otherwise need serious maintenance attention.
My "Heavylift" work computer, the one I downgraded from Vista to XP a couple years back, is chugging along just fine. Im still debating whether to make the move with that, nothing compelling to move me in that direction as of now.
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Dec 16, 2009 14:22:45 GMT -6
I'm sticking with XP based only on the old bromide, "The devil you know is better than the devil you don't".
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Post by Captain Gary on Dec 16, 2009 17:27:37 GMT -6
The 3-pack has been available at that price since Win 7 was released. In fact, it's advertised by MS as 'limited' quantities, and some recent articles have stated that the limited quantity is in fact about to run out.
Apple, apparently, has been doing this 'Family Pack' deal for a while and I wish MS would keep it as a standard offering.
We've updated all our machines at home to Win 7 and have had zero problems.
Edited to add: The reason you are seeing the higher prices is because of the perceived supply/demand.
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Post by Chicago Jake on Dec 17, 2009 16:03:15 GMT -6
It seems that my computer purchasing cycle is about twice as long as the Microsoft OS releasing cycle. I've completely skipped the Vista era, and probably won't be buying another machine until W7 is firmly entrenched as an OEM offering. (or is it already?)
Of course, to achieve this long purchasing cycle, I have to massively upgrade memory and hard drive space about half way through the life cycle..........Jake
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Dec 22, 2009 13:58:57 GMT -6
My laptop, and the daughters laptop have been upgraded. So far so good.
We went for a clean install on both machines, actual OS installation took about 75 minutes, backups before, and the software reinstall, plus OS and software updates, longer.
We both have noticed the performance kick that was promised, and boot and shutdowns are considerably faster than Vista ever was.
BTW- now that I have MS Office on the laptop, I intend to download Office 2010 Beta (free and usable until 10/31/10). I will give you all an update after Ive had a chance to use it.
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Post by Exildo Wonsetler Briggs III on Dec 22, 2009 16:27:33 GMT -6
I've had no issues with Windows 7 and been using it for a couple of weeks now. I also installed MS Office 2010 Beta and at least Outlook has worked well. I've only played briefly with Word, so can't say much about it. Outlook has a different look than the previous version I was using, but once I found where everything was, it seems pretty good.
..........Bob
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