ferris209 said:
Dang! Well, I am one of those schmucks who paid near full price for Win 7 Pro, I got it for $284 shipped from Buy.com
And I thought I did good.
But I guess I ain't mad, I REALLY wanted that OS and did not want to wait nor get an "upgrade" edition that I'd have to hack everytime I wanted a fresh install. Plus, I wanted a license key I could easily move from one computer to the other if needed, which OEM version prevents.
E-Gads...I don't blame ya though. I was planning on having one of my friends in College purchase the Pro version through the Student discount deal for $30 ( and order a disk with it, extra $15). But I understand the peace of mind of having the full retail version, I think you made a good choice overall. The OS is great and it should be around a long while.
Im not sure what install route your planning but I had Vista Home Premium installed on my PC and I did a custom (Clean) install and it was so simple and smooth. Easily the most enjoyable OS install ever...no searching for drivers/Install disks..popped the disk in, ran the exceptionally quick installation...ran a couple window updates and all my hardware and peripherals were working like butter (including my 6+ year old printer). I have the Beta installed on my work PC ( did a dual boot with XP and that was simple as heck too). I was most concerned about iTunes and syncing my iPod touch once 7 was installed, but even that went issue free. Overall a great experience with it