- Jul 8, 2013
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I am building a new computer and called the Microsoft Store to buy a copy of Windows. The conversation went like this:
[Me]: I'd like to put Windows 8.1 on a new computer build.
[MS]: Windows 8.1 is not released yet, sir.
[Me]: It'll be a free upgrade from Windows 8 to 8.1 when it's released, right?
[MS]: Yes.
[Me]: Then I'd like to buy Windows 8.
[MS]: Windows 8 is only available as an upgrade in Canada, sir.
[Me]: What!?! <muses> I suppose I could buy Windows 7 and then buy the Windows 8 upgrade, and then get 8.1 when it's released - but I'd be paying twice.
[MS]: We're out of stock of Windows 7, sir.
[Me]: So you're telling me that if I build a computer now, I'm unable to put a Microsoft operating system on it?
[MS]: <silence>
Am I missing something (other than an operating system :|)?
[Me]: I'd like to put Windows 8.1 on a new computer build.
[MS]: Windows 8.1 is not released yet, sir.
[Me]: It'll be a free upgrade from Windows 8 to 8.1 when it's released, right?
[MS]: Yes.
[Me]: Then I'd like to buy Windows 8.
[MS]: Windows 8 is only available as an upgrade in Canada, sir.
[Me]: What!?! <muses> I suppose I could buy Windows 7 and then buy the Windows 8 upgrade, and then get 8.1 when it's released - but I'd be paying twice.
[MS]: We're out of stock of Windows 7, sir.
[Me]: So you're telling me that if I build a computer now, I'm unable to put a Microsoft operating system on it?
[MS]: <silence>
Am I missing something (other than an operating system :|)?