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Windows 7 Ultimate, ebay

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  • 14-01-2010 3:22pm
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    nameproblem
    Registered Users Posts: 52 ✭✭


    I have been looking on ebay at retail copies of Windows 7 Ultimate to buy, and came across some great value offers, 18.00 for a download retail copy, with product key. anyone any experience buying this at such a cheap price, there's a few sellers with this offer, or similar price, with 100% feedback. I'm really interested in this offer, but don't want to get burned on it, specially cause i'm broke


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    nameproblem
    Registered Users Posts: 52 ✭✭nameproblem


    True, that's what I was thinking, guess I'll just save up and get a true copy :) cheers


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    homer911
    Registered Users Posts: 5,115 ✭✭✭homer911


    Are you talking to yourself?


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    Fysh
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 11,024 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fysh


    Given that the academic pricing for Win7 Pro is £30 or so, I'd suspect anything cheaper as being dodgy as hell.


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    Effluo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,890 ✭✭✭Effluo


    Fysh wrote: »
    Given that the academic pricing for Win7 Pro is £30 or so, I'd suspect anything cheaper as being dodgy as hell.

    It's prob a cracked version or somethin :(
    I downloaded what i thought was just a regular oem dell windows xp sp3...
    Installed it and never asked for a product key... No probs so far with it, but it's prob where he's getting the 5 stars reviews from


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    theotherguy
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    Eventually Microsoft will blacklist your product key which is probably a corporate one. Then when you update Windows it will lock you out!!
    Unless you can enter a valid key for the exact same version of OEM Corporate Windows that was installed you will be f****d.


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    Effluo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,890 ✭✭✭Effluo


    theotherguy wrote: »
    Eventually Microsoft will blacklist your product key which is probably a corporate one. Then when you update Windows it will lock you out!!
    Unless you can enter a valid key for the exact same version of OEM Corporate Windows that was installed you will be f****d.

    Yeah the reason why i had to download it in the first place was due the not being able to find the correct cd. Hopefully this is the version i want


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    SickBoy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,528 ✭✭✭SickBoy


    Effluo wrote: »
    I downloaded what i thought was just a regular oem dell windows xp sp3...
    Installed it and never asked for a product key... No probs so far with it, but it's prob where he's getting the 5 stars reviews from

    Dell XP CD will not ask for a product key during the installation.


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    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,974 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    €18 ?

    Warez - thread closed


    If you are broke then forget about Windows 7.


    Most other OS's are free
    you can run a trail copy of windows 2008 server for 240 days for free


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