DanG 1 #26 December 4, 2013 QuoteAn option for the desktop, but not for the laptop customer. Sort of. You can wipe the hard drive of your laptop and reinstall a different OS. Of course, you will pay a lot more for that. - Dan G Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #27 December 4, 2013 DanGQuoteAn option for the desktop, but not for the laptop customer. Sort of. You can wipe the hard drive of your laptop and reinstall a different OS. Of course, you will pay a lot more for that. what the fuck, man? That's what I said in the first place. 'You now have to pay to stay put.' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisD 0 #28 December 4, 2013 kelpdiver *** Quote An option for the desktop, but not for the laptop customer. Sort of. You can wipe the hard drive of your laptop and reinstall a different OS. Of course, you will pay a lot more for that. what the fuck, man? That's what I said in the first place. 'You now have to pay to stay put.' And speaking of laptops,... how about the fact that if your drive shits the bed there goes your capability to reinstall your operating system? Cause they are all in a hidden partition on that same drive. Of course you then find out that the original software is available on a 60 dollar dvd, if it is still in stock! AND not covered in your 100 dollar store protection plan. And O'h yea if you tell me you can make a back up disk before doomsday, that will actually work,... think again....the windows 8 operating system on your new laptop has software specifically designed, with the manufacturers co-operation, to thwart the copying of your software. C But what do I know, "I only have one tandem jump." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #29 December 4, 2013 ChrisD ****** Quote An option for the desktop, but not for the laptop customer. Sort of. You can wipe the hard drive of your laptop and reinstall a different OS. Of course, you will pay a lot more for that. what the fuck, man? That's what I said in the first place. 'You now have to pay to stay put.' And speaking of laptops,... how about the fact that if your drive shits the bed there goes your capability to reinstall your operating system? Cause they are all in a hidden partition on that same drive. Of course you then find out that the original software is available on a 60 dollar dvd, if it is still in stock! AND not covered in your 100 dollar store protection plan. And O'h yea if you tell me you can make a back up disk before doomsday, that will actually work,... think again....the windows 8 operating system on your new laptop has software specifically designed, with the manufacturers co-operation, to thwart the copying of your software. C odd rant. But in fact, recently I was able to just exactly this with a failing drive on an HP laptop owned by a friend. I created the media off the backup partition and reinstalled. Win 7. But frankly I don't see the benefit to the OEMs to install non viable win8 media. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanG 1 #30 December 4, 2013 Quotewhat the fuck, man? That's what I said in the first place. 'You now have to pay to stay put.' Simmer down. You're right, I lost the bead a little. BTW, Newegg has 513 laptops for sale with Win7: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100006740%20600004970&IsNodeId=1&name=Windows%207%20Professional - Dan G Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
