vista family discount

[Chunkee]

so, is this a hot deal?

jC

 

[blurredvision]

Originally posted by: Chunkee
so, is this a hot deal?

jC

When the keys decide to work, then yes, it's a hot deal .

 

[Gunther]

Got new keys issued to me, but I havent had a chance to test them yet.

 

[Elixer]

Originally posted by: Gunther
Got new keys issued to me, but I havent had a chance to test them yet.

Save the old keys, and sell em on fleabay! :evil:
"Collectors item! MS screwed up and gave wrong keys! Now you can have these non working keys also! For the low low price of..."

 

[Jaxidian]

I guess I'm convinced enough to not worry about whether the keys are OEM or Retail to jump in on this deal. Now just to decide where to get my Ultimate...

Decisions.... decisions...

 

[blurredvision]

Looking forward to seeing if currently purchased keys are working fine.

 

[Calgar99]

Does anybody know if you can buy Vista from any retailer to qualify, or if you have to buy it from Microsoft Martketplace? The link on the page that says something like "How to get Vista..." links only to MarketPlace. I don't want to pay full MSRP.

-Matt

 

[blurredvision]

Originally posted by: Calgar99
Does anybody know if you can buy Vista from any retailer to qualify, or if you have to buy it from Microsoft Martketplace? The link on the page that says something like "How to get Vista..." links only to MarketPlace. I don't want to pay full MSRP.

-Matt

You should be fine purchasing it from any retailer. As long as it's a new retail box, you're good to go.

 

[ScrapSilicon]

bump

 

[Jaxidian]

Just went out and bought my Vista Ultimate Upgrade (the signature edition because it was the same price as the other) at Best Buy. There's a deal posted somewhere here that I got in on to get a free set of pseudo-okay 2.1 speakers, a free music cd of my choice, and $50 off a WD hard drive (I think you can even get the $50 off the $170 150GB Raptor if you try!).

Ordered my Family discount thingie today and got the keys immediately! I get to spend some special time with my machines installing Vista tonight sounds like.

-Jax

 

[dajeepster]

Originally posted by: Jaxidian
I get to spend some special time with my machines installing Vista tonight sounds like.

-Jax

installs really quick... compared to the previous iterations of M$ OSs

 

[Calgar99]

Originally posted by: Jaxidian
There's a deal posted somewhere here that I got in on to get a free set of pseudo-okay 2.1 speakers, a free music cd of my choice, and $50 off a WD hard drive...

Can you help me find this deal if it's still around?

 

[cnk]

The deal was at Best Buy, but most stores are now sold out of the WD Raptor X 150GB HD that made the deal even better.

 

[Jaxidian]

Originally posted by: Calgar99

Originally posted by: Jaxidian
There's a deal posted somewhere here that I got in on to get a free set of pseudo-okay 2.1 speakers, a free music cd of my choice, and $50 off a WD hard drive...

Can you help me find this deal if it's still around?

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=40&threadid=2001285

 

[Jaxidian]

hahahaha!!! This is great! Microsoft really is having key problems with this release!

So I've had my disks laying around for a few weeks but now that RC2 is about to expire (in 24 hrs from now), I figured I should probably do the grunt work of installing the real releases. So I sit down and do the "upgrade workaround" thing for Home Premium on my newly-built HTPC. As soon as I finish installing it the second time it tells me that my activation period has expired and I need to activate immediately. Well, I haven't gotten any drivers installed or anything so I figured, screw that, I'll call them and get them to extend my trial period. Well, after talking to a couple different people, they kept saying things didn't look right. I finally spoke to a lady who said screw the installation id and just read my product key to her. I did and she said, "I'm sorry sir but this key is not for Home Premium. This key is for Ultimate Retail Upgrade." I said, "Oh, really? Can I read a couple more keys off to you and you tell me what they're for too, please?" She said, "Sure" and then after 5000 numbers/letters were read, she said them two were also for Ultimate Retail Upgrade. So apparently I got 2 copies of Ultimate, not Home Premium, for $50 each.

One helluva deal to me! This rocks, aside from another 2 hrs wasted watching Vista install itself. I guess it's worth the extra time to have 3 full legal retail Ultimate licenses for $350 total.

-Jax

 

[bigi]

This was the first thing I did after getting my Ulitmate Upgrade.
2 extra Home Premiums for pennies.

Now, if you calculate the average cost/license, it ain't bad at all.

This windows will be used for long, long years to come. Spending less than NV8800 video card costs now for three OS licences seems fine. 8800 card will be average/obsolete in a few years as other expenisve computer parts with time, but this OS will still be used.

People - don't cry Vista is expensive when many of you spend $1K for CPUs, etc. that have much worse value/time ratio.

 

[SScorpio00]

One helluva deal to me! This rocks, aside from another 2 hrs wasted watching Vista install itself. I guess it's worth the extra time to have 3 full legal retail Ultimate licenses for $350 total.

-Jax

Jax,

I'm just curious on when you purchased you keys with the discount. Was it when there were originally problems with the keys?

 

[cvstrat]

I got in on this. Good deal