Windows 7 pre-lease discounts

AnonZA said:
I blame Microsoft SA, but not for the public retail prices, but for not offering the pre-release discounted versions to SA distributors/retailers. The majority of (all?) SA retailers have only started offering Windows 7 in the last week, which means, to me, that they were never offered the pre-released discounted versions to sell. I'm signed up with several distributors and they definitely never got pre-release discounted copies to sell.

Incredible Connection's prices are high, but that's not at all unexpected - all their prices are high, for everything. Always have been.
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Indeed. I think Microsoft SA is certainly lacking proper service delivery or something in this country, this range from Xbox Live support right down to Windows 7 support. If all this are linked to distributors then what the heck is Microsoft SA doing themselves? All they seem to do is train? Anything related to service and sales is thrown back to international.

Anyhow i got the Win7 Professional DSP Edition for R1300 , had to pick between 32bit/64bit.
 
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DearHeart said:
Yip, MS suggests a fresh XP install and SP3 before you upgrade. Best to google on other experiences first
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I mean more from a pricing perspective - when they say upgrade pricing does it include from XP as well as Vista - Sybaritic's website seems to suggest this.

I will do a clean install in any event.
 
I've got a similar situation to you guys, where I have two desktop machines.

However one is purely a media PC and won't be going on the net. Is it possible to load it - not activate it - and just live with the 'warning : counterfit software' logo while it still chuggs along happily and streams what it should stream?
 
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i walked into incredible connection and the sales guy came up to me. I told him their home premium is too expensive other retailers are selling it for R1399 incl. He being a clever guy said he will ask his manager if they can match the price. I told him because of his initiative i will take it if he can. The manager on the other hand is a real ****. Before the sales guy could even finish his sentence to him, he said: 'no we dont do price reductions with a straight face and walked on' ... What lovely customer interaction :)
 
adamr said:
i walked into incredible connection and the sales guy came up to me. I told him their home premium is too expensive other retailers are selling it for R1399 incl. He being a clever guy said he will ask his manager if they can match the price. I told him because of his initiative i will take it if he can. The manager on the other hand is a real ****. Before the sales guy could even finish his sentence to him, he said: 'no we dont do price reductions with a straight face and walked on' ... What lovely customer interaction :)
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Which branch may I ask?
 
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