Windows 8 OutSelling Windows 7 !!! W7 over 670m licenses sold so far!

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disolitude said:

Slimebeast said:

yum123 said:
I think everyone is overlooking the most important factor here. The Price

Windows 8 is by far the cheapest OS microsoft has released. its $89 and $50 for an upgrade

where as the basic windows 7 was I think $149 on release
these are NZD

Wait a minute. Only $89 for a full version to install on a fresh new system, not an OEM or upgrade version?

He's wrong...well maybe not as he may be from Australia or something. But in North America Win 8 pro Upgrade download is 39.99. Upgrade Pro DVD is 69.99, new OEM license for Windows 8 is 99 bucks and Windows 8 pro is 149.

so compared to windows 7

69 - upgrade

99 - windows 7 home

149 - windows 7 pro

Looks right to me.

So which one should a guy like me buy, if I wanted to build my own system and perhaps have the ability to reinstall the OS on a new HDD down the road?

You were babbling something about registry keys, has that something to do with the choise of Windows version (Retail, OEM or Upgrade)?

Even though I'm a PC guy I never went through this process of actively buying or pirating an OS since the days of Windows 3.11 or something. My current OS is Windows XP which was pre-installed on a computer I got from work, and later I called Microsoft to get it to work on my new (current) system I built in 2008.