Windows 7 ultimate - best price?

[Emirzan]

Anyone found a better price than this:

http://www.cclonline.com/product-inf...&tid=7gc-00001

£164.94 incl VAT & cheapest delivery option

beats 169.98 @ amazon.co.uk
and 177.89 @ scan.co.uk

[Singh400]

Honestly, there isn't a reason to buy Windows 7 Ultimate edtion at all. Unless you need the language support and BitLocker. Which I don't think many people do.

Save your money and buy either Windows 7 Professional or Windows 7 Home Premium.

[Emirzan]

Thanks, but I'm fully aware of the version differences and there are some users who need language support including myself.

So, best price for a retail copy of win 7 ultimate edition?

EDIT: Not to be picky but now the initial pre order price is unavailable there is not much cost difference between ultimate and professional anyway

[joel_spencer]

There was some guy advertising Windows 7 Ultimate on Gumtree Glasgow for £40 today so you could contact him maybe and ask if he'd ship. Claims to be an employee of microsoft but fairly obviously something isn't right with it but still if you're that desparate try gumtree. I won't provide a link as it's suspicious.

[finlay666]

Originally Posted by joel_spencer

There was some guy advertising Windows 7 Ultimate on Gumtree Glasgow for £40 today so you could contact him maybe and ask if he'd ship. Claims to be an employee of microsoft but fairly obviously something isn't right with it but still if you're that desparate try gumtree. I won't provide a link as it's suspicious.

It's dodgy

Staff policy says you can't sell discounted software that you have bought on (for profit, only as a gift/charity donation) and it's not available to employees yet (I know as I was hoping to get it before I leave MS)

It will be the dodgy one with the dodgy OEM key that has already been blacklisted

[nightkhaos]

Originally Posted by finlay666

It's dodgy

Staff policy says you can't sell discounted software that you have bought on (for profit, only as a gift/charity donation) and it's not available to employees yet (I know as I was hoping to get it before I leave MS)

It will be the dodgy one with the dodgy OEM key that has already been blacklisted

You're probably right... *sigh* Still, due to montary problems I missed out on the pre-order... looks like I'm gonna have to play full price for a Professional Edition.

[Emirzan]

Well for anyone else interested I can confirm that the CCL price is the best on the web atm for UK consumers ATM.

Windows 7 Ultimate £164.94 incl VAT & economy (5-7 day) delivery

nightkhaos: Cheapest price for Professional that I can see at present is at amazon.co.uk

Windows 7 Professional £149.98 incl VAT & free delivery

[finlay666]

Originally Posted by nightkhaos

You're probably right... *sigh* Still, due to montary problems I missed out on the pre-order... looks like I'm gonna have to play full price for a Professional Edition.

It's not probably, no UK employee at MS has a legit personal licence they can sell, it's a sackable offence to do what I said previously (and they do fire people for it), and if it's an MSDN licence it breaks the subscription contract as it is for personal use only

There is also no Glasgow MS Office
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/about/offices.mspx

[nightkhaos]

Originally Posted by Emirzan

Well for anyone else interested I can confirm that the CCL price is the best on the web atm for UK consumers ATM.

Windows 7 Ultimate £164.94 incl VAT & economy (5-7 day) delivery

nightkhaos: Cheapest price for Professional that I can see at present is at amazon.co.uk

Windows 7 Professional £149.98 incl VAT & free delivery

Will make a note of this. However by the time I am able to order this may have changed. I have RC1 in the meantime...

[aeonf242]

Best I can see is £145.82 for Ultimate from Ebuyer (64 bit) with Windows 7 Offer

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/167596

[Emirzan]

That's OEM, not full retail.

[aeonf242]

Originally Posted by Emirzan

That's OEM, not full retail.

Very true!