Comments on: Bargain of the day: Windows Vista Home Basic for £137.01

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By: Rakesh

Rakesh — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:51:40 +0000

Oh yes great bargin, I get a rubbish OS with limited features (compared to Vista Ultimate) and I should be glad to be in the UK so I pay more than anyone else because us Brits put up with paying more than anyone else.

Heres a bargin – Install windows 7 and use it for free, or use XP which is stable, fast and works unlike Vista.

Or better still use Ubuntu and if you need MS apps use Wine.

And use xbmc for your media box- its free and beats any existing windows media centre.

By: Mike Baldwin

Mike Baldwin — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:21:53 +0000

Actually i think technically you are wrong on the OEM comment above.Windows Vista creates a code based on reading hard coded serials of all of the hardware that you have when it is first registered EG Processor,Motherboard,Ram,Hard Drives.You can change one item at at time and Vista will not throw a wobbly.It will if you try and change 2-3 items and say reconnect your vista Hard disk as it will lool like you are trying to install it on a new machine.So if you upgrade for example only the motherboard and reconnect all of your hard drives,graphics,processor & ram you should be fine.That is what i am led to believe from reading a vista book.Please someone correct me if i am wrong.

By: Not him

Not him — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:52:15 +0000

They would be in trouble if they undercut their retailers, after all…

By: David

David — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:11:50 +0000

Isn’t this to do with the ‘recommended retail price’? MS wants to give the impression that the ‘proper’ price is high, and then all retailers can claim they are giving a bargain. I don’t suppose they ever intended to actually sell any, but then you never know, there’s one born every minute….

By: John Gray

John Gray — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:20:55 +0000

It’s déjà vu all over again! What’s new about this? Have you seen the website upgrade prices for many of the larger antivirus manufacturers, compared with buying a new version from (say) Amazon?