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Title: Countdown for people trying to get legit copies of Win 7 before RC expires
Post by: The Fake Shemp on March 01, 2010, 05:19:32 PM: How many of you guys are out of luck? :lol
Title: Re: Countdown for people trying to get legit copies of Win 7 before RC expires
Post by: Mupepe on March 01, 2010, 05:22:25 PM: I'm fucked!

I'm going back down to XP tonight until I go buy Ultimate this weekend.
Title: Re: Countdown for people trying to get legit copies of Win 7 before RC expires
Post by: demi on March 01, 2010, 05:51:19 PM: You guys dont have MSDN hookups?
Title: Re: Countdown for people trying to get legit copies of Win 7 before RC expires
Post by: Mupepe on March 01, 2010, 05:52:23 PM: Are PS3's running Windows 7 RC too??
Title: Re: Countdown for people trying to get legit copies of Win 7 before RC expires
Post by: WrikaWrek on March 01, 2010, 05:53:15 PM: People actually buy Windows? I thought it was an urban legend.
Title: Re: Countdown for people trying to get legit copies of Win 7 before RC expires
Post by: Flannel Boy on March 01, 2010, 05:55:34 PM: Quote from: WrikaWrek on March 01, 2010, 05:53:15 PM
People actually buy Windows? I thought it was an urban legend.
???
Makes you wonder how Microsoft managed to get so big.
Title: Re: Countdown for people trying to get legit copies of Win 7 before RC expires
Post by: chronovore on March 01, 2010, 06:00:43 PM: I don't even understand the thread title. "RC" is release candidate, isn't it? Aren't there already millions of copies of Win7 out in the wild?
Title: Re: Countdown for people trying to get legit copies of Win 7 before RC expires
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on March 01, 2010, 06:02:21 PM: The "RC" was free for people to install and test, but the pay-the-piper timer expires this week.

"RC" was build 7100, retail was build 7600. It's mostly trivial cosmetic changes between the two but they're absolutely different versions.
Title: Re: Countdown for people trying to get legit copies of Win 7 before RC expires
Post by: Flannel Boy on March 01, 2010, 06:09:37 PM: Quote from: Kosma on March 01, 2010, 06:05:19 PM
Quote from: Malek J. Lumberjack Jr. on March 01, 2010, 05:55:34 PM
Quote from: WrikaWrek on March 01, 2010, 05:53:15 PM
People actually buy Windows? I thought it was an urban legend.
???
Makes you wonder how Microsoft managed to get so big.

Selling licences to PC manufacturers and companies I think.
I think MS manages to sell a few retail copies.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1079
Quote
January 6th, 2008
Microsoft: 100 million copies of Vista sold at retail

Microsoft has announced a new sales milestone for Windows Vista: 100 million retail copies sold.

Probably zero in Europe though.
Title: Re: Countdown for people trying to get legit copies of Win 7 before RC expires
Post by: Herr Mafflard on March 01, 2010, 06:11:46 PM: Quote from: Kosma on March 01, 2010, 06:05:19 PM
Quote from: Malek J. Lumberjack Jr. on March 01, 2010, 05:55:34 PM
Quote from: WrikaWrek on March 01, 2010, 05:53:15 PM
People actually buy Windows? I thought it was an urban legend.
???
Makes you wonder how Microsoft managed to get so big.

Selling licences to PC manufacturers and companies I think.

yeah I remember Alan Sugar lambasting Microsoft because he had to pay "fifty-quid" for every machine he built with Windows inside.

I was like 'wtf!?' - it can't really be that much!

anyway, whatever happened to Amstrad LOL
Title: Re: Countdown for people trying to get legit copies of Win 7 before RC expires
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on March 01, 2010, 06:21:38 PM: As a fan of Groundhog Day, I see no need to do this. Wouldn't it be cool if you could get a fresh start on your life every two hours?
Title: Re: Countdown for people trying to get legit copies of Win 7 before RC expires
Post by: M3wThr33 on March 01, 2010, 06:33:39 PM: I paid $25 for Windows 7 Professional. Totally worth it to not worry about cracks for the next 4 years.
Title: Re: Countdown for people trying to get legit copies of Win 7 before RC expires
Post by: The Fake Shemp on March 01, 2010, 06:58:30 PM: I will say, the retail version of Windows 7 is even better than the release candidate.