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[dbug]

been offerd it for 20 quid

If that's Windows 8 - don't waste your money mate

[TheBoy]

Tempted to get a new media centre machine & put Windows 8 on it. FatherT has MSDN subscription so can get free copy and valid license.

Trouble is I only want something that plays 1080p so looking at budget range, so doubt it would have power for 8 

MSDN is NOT a valid ljcence

[tunnie]

Tempted to get a new media centre machine & put Windows 8 on it. FatherT has MSDN subscription so can get free copy and valid license.

Trouble is I only want something that plays 1080p so looking at budget range, so doubt it would have power for 8 

MSDN is NOT a valid ljcence

Really? Get a bunch of valid codes 

[TheBoy]

Tempted to get a new media centre machine & put Windows 8 on it. FatherT has MSDN subscription so can get free copy and valid license.

Trouble is I only want something that plays 1080p so looking at budget range, so doubt it would have power for 8 

MSDN is NOT a valid ljcence

Really? Get a bunch of valid codes 

Yup, but they are not for use in production or personal environments.  If they were, Sky would not pay hundreds of thousands every year in licencing to MS, they'd get a £2k MSDN subscription

[Taxi_Driver]

Tempted to get a new media centre machine & put Windows 8 on it. FatherT has MSDN subscription so can get free copy and valid license.

Trouble is I only want something that plays 1080p so looking at budget range, so doubt it would have power for 8 

MSDN is NOT a valid ljcence

Really? Get a bunch of valid codes 

Yup, but they are not for use in production or personal environments.  If they were, Sky would not pay hundreds of thousands every year in licencing to MS, they'd get a £2k MSDN subscription

Gone are the days when i worked in an IT dept. and MSDN packs used to find their way home   

[llewellyn237]

Gone are the days of getting your OS on disc with a new PC/laptop.

Now you're prompted to back-up the system asap after purchase 

[Kevin Wood]

Gone are the days of getting your OS on disc with a new PC/laptop.

Now you're prompted to back-up the system asap after purchase 

Yes, and if that fails you can be sure that the numbers will have worn off the poxy license label by the time it needs a re-install.

Call me cynical, but I wonder if the labels are deliberately that poor.

[Martian]

Gone are the days of getting your OS on disc with a new PC/laptop.

Now you're prompted to back-up the system asap after purchase 

Yes, and if that fails you can be sure that the numbers will have worn off the poxy license label by the time it needs a re-install.

Call me cynical, but I wonder if the labels are deliberately that poor.

The licence key is already preinstalled and the OS already preactivated when you make the recovery image.

[llewellyn237]

Gone are the days of getting your OS on disc with a new PC/laptop.

Now you're prompted to back-up the system asap after purchase 

Yes, and if that fails you can be sure that the numbers will have worn off the poxy license label by the time it needs a re-install.

Call me cynical, but I wonder if the labels are deliberately that poor.

Took 12 blank DVDs to do mine when Windows 7 launched and got a Samsung R530. Thought it would be a few discs and about an hour. How naive I felt.