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Has anyone purchased the full Windows 7 software with key or similar from Ebay?



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not windows 7
but windows vista / office home and student and norton anti viris twice
had no problems with any of them
just check the rating of the seller
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barina wrote:

Has anyone purchased the full Windows 7 software with key or similar from Ebay?

 Yep and never had a problem with sellers with 100% feedback score..



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Thanks guys......



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barina wrote:

Thanks guys......

 why are you looking for Win 7 ?



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I would suggest Win 8.0 as the better option IMHO



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I would suggest Win 8.0 as the better option IMHO

 Really, have not used it but will check it out...thanks...



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I would suggest Win 8.0 as the better option IMHO

 Really, have not used it but will check it out...thanks...

 a lot of people will disagree with the Win 8.0 option but they are ones that have not tried it or have tried it and not given it enough time to learn it, if you do go to Win 8.0 dowload a free program called Classic Shell it will make Win 8.0 look and act like win 7

just going to look for a link for you,, back soon

found it http://www.classicshell.net/downloads/

 



-- Edited by _wombat_ on Sunday 16th of March 2014 01:23:04 PM

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barina wrote:
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I would suggest Win 8.0 as the better option IMHO

 Really, have not used it but will check it out...thanks...

 a lot of people will disagree with the Win 8.0 option but they are ones that have not tried it or have tried it and not given it enough time to learn it, if you do go to Win 8.0 dowload a free program called Classic Shell it will make Win 8.0 look and act like win 7

just going to look for a link for you,, back soon

found it http://www.classicshell.net/downloads/

 



-- Edited by _wombat_ on Sunday 16th of March 2014 01:23:04 PM

 OK Thanks..there is win8.1 available now.



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yes but a lot of people have decided not to install the 8.1 var so I am leaving that alone for now



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yes but a lot of people have decided not to install the 8.1 var so I am leaving that alone for now

 OK Thanks......will have a look at Win 8

32bit or 64bit??



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64bit if your computer can run that ask your tech guy if it can



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64bit if your computer can run that ask your tech guy if it can

 Thanks, will do.



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barina wrote:
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yes but a lot of people have decided not to install the 8.1 var so I am leaving that alone for now

 OK Thanks......will have a look at Win 8

32bit or 64bit??



-- Edited by barina on Sunday 16th of March 2014 02:00:24 PM

 You'll find 32bit will run on a 64bit, but not the other way round. if you want to step into the real world of computing, you should try an open source, like linux mint, free, state of the art all the software you want and need for free and extremely easy to use. Nothing like windows and extremely fast and take up little of your system, unlike win which takes up many gigabytes. Just download an iso, burn it to disc, put it in your computer and it shows you what its all about without effecting your system. It's called a live cd, so you can run it and use it without installing anything. if you like it and install, it will do everything for you and you can dual boot with windows until you decide whether it is for you or not. Then get into some real creative computing. if you are into publishing, music, video or photography, it's brilliant.

Remember if you are running and xp computer and peripherals and you switch to win8, you may have some problems with compatibility and drivers.  They are out there, you've just got to find them. Linux does it all for you.

 



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Thanks NP .......something else to think about!!!

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Agree with NativePepper. I run Ubuntu 12.04LTS on one laptop and Mint15 (about to upgrade to 16) on another. I also have Win7 on a third and it is like a tortoise to the Linux hares. Linux for me.

 

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i would like to try linux as you recommend Native Pepper, can you suggest a site from which to download a safe Iso disc.

thanks Steve 



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Steve, this would be one of the most popular distributions - http://www.ubuntu.com/download

If you keep an eye on the computer magazines they frequently have a copy of a popular distribution on their cover disk.



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i would like to try linux as you recommend Native Pepper, can you suggest a site from which to download a safe Iso disc.

thanks Steve 

 G'day Steve, most linux and open source are safe unlike win apple. Mint is probably the easiest and best distro to get started with at the moment, Ubuntu has gone of in a different direction and for beginners, it can be a tough ask to start with.

When you get to the mint site, go to downloads and choose mint 32bit cinnamon, that way you won't have any trouble. Burn it to a dvd, put it in the computer and restart, it should go straight to the dvd and load a live mint so you can check it out. When it loads, down the left corner you will see menu, click that and it will show you all the software and facilitates to do what you want and need to use and learn the system. If you like it, you can install it along side windows as a dual boot, which is all automatic and it will search for and load drivers for all your peripherals at the same time, plus add any updates.

if you want software you can't find in what's called synaptic package manager, just search for the best linux software for what you need and you will find something as good or better than what you are using for free. If it's not in synaptic, you can either search for help or ask here and will try to direct you in the right direction. There are a number of others on this forum using open source, who I'm sure will be happy to help anyone wishing to step into the open source future.

http://linuxmint.com/



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A Windows thread Hi-Jacked by the Open Source exponents. nonocry



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Thanks very much guys. I think that I may try Mint and see how it feels.



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I have been reading all the suggestions with great interest and checked your link to ubuntu. I downloaded the program onto a dvd and ran it off the dvd on my desktop which has win 7 ultimate. I was very impressed with ubuntu so I loaded it onto the desktop and run it adjacent to windows,  It appears faster than win 7 and does all i need it to do for my internet needs. ie browsing the web sending emails and storing photos and movies.  I am about to set up another pc this week and I will be installing ubuntu as the operating system



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I have been reading all the suggestions with great interest and checked your link to ubuntu. I downloaded the program onto a dvd and ran it off the dvd on my desktop which has win 7 ultimate. I was very impressed with ubuntu so I loaded it onto the desktop and run it adjacent to windows,  It appears faster than win 7 and does all i need it to do for my internet needs. ie browsing the web sending emails and storing photos and movies.  I am about to set up another pc this week and I will be installing ubuntu as the operating system

 have you seen this topic

http://thegreynomads.activeboard.com/forum.spark#comment-57051760



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??????

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wombat that link takes you back to the front page

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sorry guys, my forgetter is not working, caught it from Delta18 biggrin

http://thegreynomads.activeboard.com/t57040707/linux-users/



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