Windows 10 Pro for New Build PC

Hansanter

Can anybody tell me the best way to get a legit Windows 10 Pro for a new build PC. Prices seem to vary wildly so I'm a little confused as the best way to go. Is it downloaded from the MS website after purchasing ? I also read of guys purchasing a licence on ebay etc. .. how does that work then ?
Many thanks.
H./

Squidgy Black

Hansanter wrote: »

Can anybody tell me the best way to get a legit Windows 10 Pro for a new build PC. Prices seem to vary wildly so I'm a little confused as the best way to go. Is it downloaded from the MS website after purchasing ? I also read of guys purchasing a licence on ebay etc. .. how does that work then ?
Many thanks.
H./

It's just a licence key in most cases, you download the installer from the Microsoft website, create an install drive using a USB key and boot from that. You then enter in the licence key when it prompts you to.

There's... Other ways of getting it 'cheaper' that are fairly well used these days, but if it's for business purposes I'd suggest just getting it from Microsoft.

JoyPad

One main difference between the Microsoft license and the cheaper alternatives is that the official one is a floating license, which means it can be uninstalled from one machine and installed on a different machine. This also works if you're replacing motherboards, which Windows recognizes as a new computer.

The alternatives are usually OEM licenses, which can only be used on the machine where they are activated.

Samuel T. Cogley

You don't need to enter a licence key to install Windows 10 and not activating it does very little. I personally don't like the watermark so fire €5-10 at someone selling grey-market keys on Amazon or Adverts.

Only draw back is if you do a substantial upgrade like the motherboard you have to buy a new key.

Hansanter

Very interesting guys, many thanks. It's actually for a new homebuilt PC, for my own private use that I plan on doing soon. I've been using Win7 Pro up to this which I really like and find very stable.
H./

smuggler.ie

Hansanter wrote: »

I've been using Win7 Pro up to this which I really like and find very stable.

yeah.... it was Win 7 (ignore home/pro) that was stable
Welcome to the world of 10....

pah

I've bought microsoft windows and office keys from gamivo and kinguin no issues

o1s1n

pah wrote: »

I've bought microsoft windows and office keys from gamivo and kinguin no issues

Usually get mine on eBay, have worked every time.

Hansanter

pah wrote: »

I've bought microsoft windows and office keys from gamivo and kinguin no issues

From where Pah ?


H./

pah

Hansanter wrote: »

From where Pah ?


H./

https://www.gamivo.com/product/windows-10-professional

Hansanter

Thanks Pah, I thought gamivo and kinguin were names of private sellers... not websites .


H./

bobbyy gee

type in Windows pro key in search
if buying on eBay make sure seller has been on their for 10 years
you download Windows.from Microsoft if you put in pro key it opens pro
pro is not much different than windows home
it's not much better
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Are-discount-Windows-10-licenses-legal-and-do-they-work.458765.0.html

bobbyy gee

bobbyy gee wrote: »

type in Windows pro key in search
if buying on eBay make sure seller has been on their for 10 years
you download Windows.from Microsoft if you put in pro key it opens pro
pro is not much different than windows home
it's not much better
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Are-discount-Windows-10-licenses-legal-and-do-they-work.458765.0.html

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Are-discount-Windows-10-licenses-legal-and-do-they-work.458765.0.html