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Subject: [Leica] OT: buying a Windows laptop for my son
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:54:37 +0200
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Thanks Phil and everyone else who replied. I will tell him to go ahead  
and buy, burn the backup discs and then wait for Windows 7 to come out  
and than wait another 1/2 year before upgrading so as to let the early  
adopters/victims do the beta testing.

Nathan

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On Jul 11, 2009, at 2:22 PM, Philip Leeson wrote:

> You'll be able to upgrade to Windows 7 when it comes out.
> This comes as a clean install disc for Europe, so should solve 2  
> problems at once -- dump Vista,  new backup discs.
> From the Acer website, looks like October release, cost 15 euro.
> HTH,
> Phil
> On Jul 11, 2009, at 3:02 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>
>> Since it is now at least 5 years since I bought a Windows laptop,  
>> things may have changed and so I'd better ask.
>>
>> Back then, it was normal that when you bought a new PC, whether  
>> laptop or desktop, you got the XP discs along with the computer. Of  
>> course the OS was pre-installed on the machine but the discs were  
>> useful in case one needed to do a total reinstall for whatever  
>> reason.
>>
>> Now my son is buying a new gaming laptop from acerdirect.co.uk. The  
>> price is good, as are the specs etc.--but no Vista discs are  
>> included. The stuff is preinstalled on the laptop and that's that.  
>> Is that normal nowadays? What does one do if the OS needs to be  
>> reinstalled?
>>
>> Sorry for the OT question, but I figure that there must be people  
>> here who have bought a Windows laptop more recently than I.
>>
>> Please do NOT turn this into a Mac vs. Windows thread. I am  
>> squarely in the Mac camp for my own computing needs but my son  
>> wants Windows, it is his birthday present and his choice (Apple is  
>> not a good choice for gaming anyway since many of the best games  
>> are not available).
>>
>> TIA,
>> Nathan
>>
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>>
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>>
>>
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] OT: buying a Windows laptop for my son)
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