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Windows Update for 2011, what to keep away from
Lupin:
--- Quote from: Takeshi on May 23, 2011, 04:26:22 AM ---it's really sick just how much they demand people to pay for their OS
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Name a consumer OS that has a longer support than windows. XP has 13 years. Vista has ~10 years. 7 has 8 years of mainstream support
Linux distros have it shorter. Debian? 3 years. Ubuntu? 1.5/3 years . Fedora? 13 months.
Apple kills support for your OSX a few weeks before the next one is released. And they charge you for upgrading!
--- Quote from: Freedom Kira on May 23, 2011, 05:39:10 AM ---I've got two free XP 32bit keys, and three free 64bit XP keys. I also have two free Win7 Professional keys, both of which I have used, one for my laptop and one for my HTPC. It's awesome being a University student.
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got my legit keys the same way.
Bob2004:
I think it's possible for me to get a copy of Windows 7 Home Basic from my university for £20, but honestly, it's so much easier to just download and crack a pirate copy than it is to go all the way into uni to try and get hold of it legally. And I like having access to things like XP mode and extra language packs that are available in Windows 7 Ultimate anyway, so I doubt I'd have been particularly satisfied with Home Basic.
I did plan to make up for pirating it by buying something else from them - but the only other Microsoft software I really use is Visual Studio 2008, and it turns out they give that away to students for free anyway! So MS have yet to see a penny from me. Maybe I'll buy Windows 8 when it's out, provided it isn't quite so ridiculously expensive.
Incidentally, does anyone actually have a source for the claim that those updates mentioned in the OP will check for pirate windows installs? I disabled them just in case, but I'm pretty sure they're safe.
NaRu:
Microsoft doesn't charge that much for their OS. You can get an OEM version for $99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986
You don't have to upgrade to the latest OS everytime Windows releases them. Microsoft will support your older OS for many more years after the new release. If $99 is too much for you then upgrade to an newer OS every 6 years or so.
TMRNetShark:
--- Quote from: NaRu on May 23, 2011, 08:27:10 PM ---Microsoft doesn't charge that much for their OS. You can get an OEM version for $99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986
You don't have to upgrade to the latest OS everytime Windows releases them. Microsoft will support your older OS for many more years after the new release. If $99 is too much for you then upgrade to an newer OS every 6 years or so.
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Or just time when you buy a new laptop with each new release and get it fo' free. (It's what I did... well, Dell's whole free Win 7 upgrade if you buy this laptop!)
As much as people hate on Dell (me included), my laptop has lasted a long time and keeps up with my heavy usage of it (16+ hours a day for almost 2 years now). I guess it helps to have a laptop cooler though, haha.
Freedom Kira:
--- Quote from: Bob2004 on May 23, 2011, 11:03:05 AM ---... And I like having access to things like XP mode and extra language packs that are available in Windows 7 Ultimate anyway, so I doubt I'd have been particularly satisfied with Home Basic.
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Extra language packs are only available in Ultimate, but Professional can handle XP compatibility mode as well.
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