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Thread ID: 136523 2014-03-09 05:57:00 Are there any good things about Windows 8 ? Digby (677) PC World Chat
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1369871 2014-03-10 02:53:00 If you currently have Windows 7, there's precious little reason to spend your money on it.
If you get Windows 8.1 with a new PC, there's really very few reasons to go back to Windows 7.

Google Play Movies also works in New Zealand, dugimodo :)
Chilling_Silence (9)
1369872 2014-03-10 03:02:00 You may be horrified to know Chill I've tried none of Google apps at all so I didn't know that :)

I wouldn't have upgraded to 8 at full price, I took advantage of the cheap introductory offers figuring I might regret it later if I didn't. Did 3 PCs but I almost feel guilty about the Lounge Media PC, the other 2 I did the cheap upgrade option but on the Media PC I used the even cheaper option.

Its an USFF Dell optiplex 755 I was given that had a bogus cracked copy of windows 7 on it, so I tried the upgrade offer for people who'd bought a new PC in the 6 months prior to widows 8 release and it worked! - it was really cheap but I forget how much maybe $25 or less?? then I paid $12 for media centre because my free key wouldn't work (I got 2 keys on 2 E-mail addresses but only 1 worked) and now I have windows 8.1 pro with Media centre for well under $50 on a PC I was given for free - and it's an awesome media machine.
dugimodo (138)
1369873 2014-03-10 04:40:00 Fishslap for you then :P If you've got an Android phone / tablet / whatever, it's well worth giving a whirl, especially in combination with a Chromecast! Those Chromecasts are golden!!

I did the early upgrade offer too, for $20 or whatevs... Can't beat that! :D I figured likewise, and I'm kinda glad I did :) Sounds like you have a nice setup there.
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