Just found out Windows offering upgrade to Windows 8 for just £25! Bargain
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows/buy
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows/buy
Don't use hibernate so have no idea.
I Windows Server 2012-ified my HTPC at the weekend and got domain, network backups and all that jazz set up at the weekend. All works nice after I managed to track down a USB3 driver that worked!
On the download front, I gather you can download and run the web setup program as much as you like, once you have purchased a key.
You can purchase a disk for an extra £9 if you want it...
Thanks
With it being an upgrade, will I always need my win7 disc to perform a fresh install ?
Thanks for that
Can't see it for £9 though, would you be good enough to post the link please ?
When you go to pay it gives you the option to add a disk. I did this when I bought office 2010 and it took a couple of weeks to come through but you can download and install too. This time I just bought the download
neil_g said:I'd rather spend £25 on someone punch me in the face
Serious question - have they sorted the hibernate issue with bit locker?
Is there a way of saving this to a disc?
The reason I ask is that I'm currently running windows 7 and wondered what would happen should i need to reformat/reinstall windows 8
I'd rather spend £25 on someone punch me in the face
Serious question - have they sorted the hibernate issue with bit locker?
Thanks
With it being an upgrade, will I always need my win7 disc to perform a fresh install ?
tried it and hated it wont be upgrading for a long while
Whole office on server 2012 and Windows 8 here.
If you use only desktop (old style apps), the only thing that has changed is the start menu is now full screen.
Pookeyhead said:Win 8 is good. I'm enjoying it. I did however, install Start8 to get my start menu back, and so it boots to desktop and not the stupid Modern IU interface... which I agree... is hopeless on a desktop PC. Just install Start 8 and it's great.
No idea about hibernate. Never used it, and it's not a good idea to use i if you have a SSD anyway, as you're performing a great deal of unnecessary write cycles.
gramps said:Why would I want to upgrade ... what would it offer me on my laptop that Win7 doesn't already give me?
I'm interested to hear if the quite major security flaw has been addressed
Why would I want to upgrade ... what would it offer me on my laptop that Win7 doesn't already give me?
neil_g said:sounds like you need to have the installer on media to do a 32 to 64 upgrade..
http://winsupersite.com/article/windows8/windows-8-upgrade-32bit-64bit-144649
Will this upgrade run on a windows7 32bits platform ?
Thank you