Windows 8 Offer!
This seems worth a share...
Saturday, June 2, 2012 by RedneckDude | Discussion: Personal Computing
I hope this isn't considered spam..
Thought some poor schmuck might want this offer.
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Reply #2 Saturday, June 2, 2012 12:23 PM
what ???
theirs No poor schmuck on WC...... This there?
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Reply #3 Saturday, June 2, 2012 1:17 PM
To quote from the movie 'The Castle'....."tell 'em they're dreamin' "
It's actually a MS offer last I heard. Instead of giving people the free upgrade in advance they're making it a 'bonus offer.'
Which definitely makes sense for them especially given how popular 7 is and 8 so far isn't.
Reply #4 Saturday, June 2, 2012 1:46 PM
They would have to pay me a lot more than $14.99 to switch from Windows 7. 
Reply #5 Saturday, June 2, 2012 2:09 PM
That's the standard upgrade 7 to 8... and not clear is 'clean' install. TBNT. 
Reply #6 Saturday, June 2, 2012 2:11 PM
Is $15.01 enough? It might be all they can afford if Win8 goes poof!
Reply #7 Saturday, June 2, 2012 3:34 PM
theirs No poor schmuck on WC
Reply #11 Saturday, June 2, 2012 7:00 PM
Well, now maybe if they sold me Windows8 for $14.99 and gave me the new hardware, I might at least think about it...
Reply #12 Saturday, June 2, 2012 7:31 PM
Windows 8 is more efficient than 7, so why would you need new hardware? Still on XP?
Reply #13 Saturday, June 2, 2012 7:53 PM
Wow, you guys are totally behind using Windows 7, that's 91 versions behind me! I've been using Windows 98 for ages, haven't seen a reason yet to update to Windows 2000, waiting for Windows 2013.
Reply #14 Saturday, June 2, 2012 9:40 PM
I remember being an early adopter of Windows XP. I was running a P3 733 with 1GB of Ram, It ran really good. There was lots of backlash because of stability issues, but Microsoft really worked hard to iron them out.
With Windows 8 coming out, it feels like Vista, or Windows ME, ALL OVER AGAIN! While Stardock has solved the start menu issue in Windows 8 its annoying that users have to do a workaround on Windows 8 just to get the desktop feel side of things back again. Simply put, you don't release a tablet style OS on a casual type environment the desktop or laptop.
Reply #15 Saturday, June 2, 2012 10:13 PM
Ya - but what I was really saying is that they would have to give me a new machine to even get me interested in Win8, regardless of what kind of hardware I have at the moment. 
I keep seeing it and I just can't get interested in it, looks like a screen full of banner ads to me.
Reply #16 Saturday, June 2, 2012 11:13 PM
I dunno--that seems like about what Windows 8 is worth...$14.99.
But they should throw the computer in for free with it to really make it worthwhile.
Reply #17 Saturday, June 2, 2012 11:45 PM
me 3 Not a schmuck here. FNBT
Reply #19 Sunday, June 3, 2012 2:58 AM
I serious need to get a new computer, something to handle recent and new games, but Microsoft couldn't pay me enough to get Metro 8, because it simply isn't a desktop OS. I will get Windows 7 long before I ever even consider Metro 8 at this point.
Reply #20 Sunday, June 3, 2012 8:00 AM
The word "upgrade" should always be spelled with quotes when talking about Win8.
"Upgrade"
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Reply #1 Saturday, June 2, 2012 12:14 PM
14.99 for Win8?
To quote from the movie 'The Castle'....."tell 'em they're dreamin' "