Question recommend a good place to get windows please

[Ezteq]

hay ho's,

just a quick question here, do any of you know a good place to buy a legitimate copy of MS office XP cheaply. I could get a deal to get MS office professional for £92 from an assiciation i belong to but im just wondering if theres anything cheaper (any student discounts etc?)

Ta
xxx

 

[Edmond]

Damn, i read the title and thought you were after double glazing Ez, was going to come and cold call you for a conservatory

 

[Ezteq]

rofl i just got new windows...that was my other windows thread.

 

[Helme]

I do know that Microsoft offers substantial(like 30-40%) cost reductions for students atleast in Sweden, not really sure how it works in the UK but worth checking out.

Else you always have the 100% free versions on the net ><

 

[Jeremiah]

If you Google "Ultimate Steal" you might find info on when MS plan to bring back their £40 for the whole office suite for students. Its not long finished but I imagine it will be back up soon.

(By whole office suite, I mean the whole office suite - nothing was cut out at all!)

 

[Lamp]

Double Glazing

 

[Helme]

Else you always have www: OpenOffice.org - The Free and Open Productivity Suite

 

[pikeh]

Microsoft Office Home/Student 2007 RETAIL - Aria Technology

 

[Garaen]

Amazon.co.uk: Microsoft Office 2007 Home and Student Edition (3 User Licence) (PC): Microsoft: Software

 

[Ezteq]

thanks guys

 

[Ezteq]

um...

i got it wrong rofl (yay super dork! dadaadadaaa!!) i need a cheap version of windows XP (not office, the actual windows) aparantly the one I have in my PC came with the PC and might not be real so anyhoo this is possibly whats causing my PC to freeze up and do all kinds of wierd and wonderful shite (and by wonderful i mean bone).

sooo any of you fabulous, beautiful amazingly knowledgable people know where i might lay my grubby lil mitts on a cheap legit version of XP please?

 

[pikeh]

um...

i got it wrong rofl (yay super dork! dadaadadaaa!!) i need a cheap version of windows XP (not office, the actual windows) aparantly the one I have in my PC came with the PC and might not be real so anyhoo this is possibly whats causing my PC to freeze up and do all kinds of wierd and wonderful shite (and by wonderful i mean bone).

sooo any of you fabulous, beautiful amazingly knowledgable people know where i might lay my grubby lil mitts on a cheap legit version of XP please?

Microsoft Windows XP Home OEM SP2 - Aria Technology

 

[Ezteq]

ta

 

[kirennia]

um...

i got it wrong rofl (yay super dork! dadaadadaaa!!) i need a cheap version of windows XP (not office, the actual windows) aparantly the one I have in my PC came with the PC and might not be real so anyhoo this is possibly whats causing my PC to freeze up and do all kinds of wierd and wonderful shite (and by wonderful i mean bone).

sooo any of you fabulous, beautiful amazingly knowledgable people know where i might lay my grubby lil mitts on a cheap legit version of XP please?

I'd suggest before you buy it, contacting your uni (after enrollment) and asking them about any such deals you get as a student. Personally I managed a free copy of Microsoft visual studios, windows XP pro, vista (still need to be pick that up...) among others.

While you may not get it for free (I was part of the faculty of technology here, no other faculties got it free), they should be able to tell you of any offers about you can get as a student. Think I saw Office for sale for £40 at the end of last year.

 

[Dahakon]

um...

i got it wrong rofl (yay super dork! dadaadadaaa!!) i need a cheap version of windows XP (not office, the actual windows) aparantly the one I have in my PC came with the PC and might not be real so anyhoo this is possibly whats causing my PC to freeze up and do all kinds of wierd and wonderful shite (and by wonderful i mean bone).

Are you sure that's not just because it's Windows? how long have you had it on your machine, because on my desktops I find that after a while it starts just getting buggier and buggier, nothing to do with it being a legal copy or not.

 

[pikeh]

every machine needs a complete re-install every now and again surely?
just gets rid of all the unwanted crap.

 

[Helme]

Really only get unwanted crap if you use one of HP's/Dells/IBM's or whatever restore discs tho, putting back the bloatware that slowed it down in the first place

 

[Lethul]

In my school we get all microsoft products for free

 

[Ezteq]

Are you sure that's not just because it's Windows? how long have you had it on your machine, because on my desktops I find that after a while it starts just getting buggier and buggier, nothing to do with it being a legal copy or not.

aaah could be it tbh, ill try a reinstall after i've done this module. i dont have anything installed on this pc that'd make it flop over and die i mean no games or anything (all i need it FHOT and lolcats lol)

 

[megadave]

If any students do actually need it then i just found this, under £40 which is pretty good.

Microsoft Office Discount for Students - The Ultimate Steal

 

[bobbyjay]

Damn, i read the title and thought you were after double glazing Ez, was going to come and cold call you for a conservatory

I was thinking the same thing too. I was gonna say you could try these double glazing windows.

But as for windows XP, if you live in the UK, you can probably pick up some from the Tottenam High Road from the local merchants at the PC room.

If you're not in the UK, I would try the local PC rooms. I'm sure they could slip you a legit version.

 

[Uara]

lol necro-threadding advertising!!

 

[fettoken]

lol necro-threadding advertising!!

Who does that?!

 

[Ezteq]

holy catcrap, i dont even remember this thread!!

*scrolls back and reads it*

crikey it seems so long ago!