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Thread ID: 127491 2012-10-26 01:15:00 Sooooo Windows 8 is out, upgrades only...Really Gobe1 (6290) PC World Chat
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1308949 2012-10-26 03:38:00 I got a $89.99 Windows 8 Pro upgrade from Noel Leeming in Invercargill. I hate going into Harvey Normans - their loud music puts me off.

I needed to get out and mow the lawns before it rains again. I am about to have a go at installing it.
Bobh (5192)
1308950 2012-10-26 06:23:00 The only way you can upgrade to W8 is to start from Win ME. (Anything else is a downgrade) ;) R2x1 (4628)
1308951 2012-10-26 07:08:00 The only way you can upgrade to W8 is to start from Win ME. (Anything else is a downgrade) ;)
Vista? ;)
Nick G (16709)
1308952 2012-10-26 07:57:00 Vista? ;)

Got one disk and one download version - went full way through the installs and right at end tells me it can't install - no reason given, no error code, no hints at all.

Hoping it is anti-virus or something like that but said at beginning there were no conflicts so mystery so far.

Both PC's running Windows 7 - high spec - didn't expect issue at all.
Twelvevolts (5457)
1308953 2012-10-26 09:59:00 Looks like the issue was Bit Defender so got my first PC up and running on Windows 8 - looks a lot better than the Release Candidate after a quick look around. Twelvevolts (5457)
1308954 2012-10-26 10:05:00 Vista? ;)
It was considered for the post, but ME was just so much better qualified.
R2x1 (4628)
1308955 2012-10-26 20:31:00 What do we expect to get, that is better, for the money? Cicero (40)
1308956 2012-10-26 23:00:00 So for ~$170 I can get an Apple-ised version of Windows XP, or for free I can get a more stable OS in Linux - which does actually have real improvements each update (kernel, filesystem, desktop - doesn't require AV, spyware detector, root kit detection etc etc)

Decisions decisions

I have better things to spend money on...
Myth (110)
1308957 2012-10-27 02:58:00 I got mine for $19, and I can't run DotA2 or DayZ on Linux, so for $19 to enable me to play the only games on PC that I play ... I do everything else from Chrome which doesn't bother me, hell I could use ChromeOS even. Chilling_Silence (9)
1308958 2012-10-27 08:44:00 I do everything else from Chrome which doesn't bother me, hell I could use ChromeOS even.

+1. I'm willing to give that a try. Just need office :D.
sahilcc7 (15483)
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