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SimonG: Well, just look at Belgium to see how their neutrality has worked out for them.... Or as we Germans like to call it, "The shortcut into France"
I'm not neutral, I love Linux Mint! And I won't go down without a fight, we're like Finland!
Figures, I installed Win 8 and can't use my pc till I get situated >< it's all good though :) this laptop is good 'nuff.
Question. Some people i talked with said there is only the Upgrade version right now. Where is the retail or full OEM versions? (i do plan to play with it as a VM or the like on another machine - it will never be on primary while Win7 exists)
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nijuu: Question. Some people i talked with said there is only the Upgrade version right now. Where is the retail or full OEM versions? (i do plan to play with it as a VM or the like on another machine - it will never be on primary while Win7 exists)
Amazon Germany has an OEM version for sale. But apart from that there seems to be only upgrades.
I just learned the media centre component is being offered as a free upgrade until January:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/feature-packs
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Darling_Jimmy: I just learned the media centre component is being offered as a free upgrade until January:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/feature-packs
Wait, they are selling the pro pack for 70$ but Windows 8 Pro upgrade for 40$? What am I missing ...
Gahhhh - I am still in two minds about upgrading or not...
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SimonG: Wait, they are selling the pro pack for 70$ but Windows 8 Pro upgrade for 40$? What am I missing ...
I thought the Pro Pack was the Pro upgrade. I can't make head or tale of these releases.
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SimonG: Wait, they are selling the pro pack for 70$ but Windows 8 Pro upgrade for 40$? What am I missing ...
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Darling_Jimmy: I thought the Pro Pack was the Pro upgrade. I can't make head or tale of these releases.
Windows Pro Upgrade edition is $40 and for moving from any version before 8 to Win8 Pro
Windows 8 Pro Pack is for moving windows 8 standard to windows 8 Pro and for some odd reason wasn't reduced (most likely because all windows 8 machines I can find right now have win 8 pro on them)
Does anyone know how long the £25 upgrade deal is going to last? How long time do I have before I must make a decision?
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amok: Does anyone know how long the £25 upgrade deal is going to last? How long time do I have before I must make a decision?
January 31st (I think.)
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amok: Does anyone know how long the £25 upgrade deal is going to last? How long time do I have before I must make a decision?
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Darling_Jimmy: January 31st (I think.)
Thanks. A few more days still to procrastinate then...
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amok: Does anyone know how long the £25 upgrade deal is going to last? How long time do I have before I must make a decision?
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Darling_Jimmy: January 31st (I think.)
yup it is as is the free media centre key
This media center thing, what exactly is it?
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thebum06: This media center thing, what exactly is it?
it's a key to add windows media centre and a bunch of codecs to windows, it's handy if you have an xbox and want to stream stuff from your pc to it