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Are there any ways to get Windows 8.1 for less of a price than windows $99? I have seen g2a.com and it seems almost too good to be true. Is that a legit way to get it? Will it work just as good as buying directly from Microsoft?

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i believe people have had luck with g2a, but there has been some sketchy news surrounding g2a though. I think it would be best to purchase it through a legit verified reseller.

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Are there any ways to get Windows 8.1 for less of a price than windows $99? I have seen g2a.com and it seems almost too good to be true. Is that a legit way to get it? Will it work just as good as buying directly from Microsoft?

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yeah G2A is legit but they sell MDSN keys which expire in a year or two

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yeah G2A is legit but they sell MDSN keys which expire in a year or two

by that do you mean that you won't be able to purchase them in a year or two or do you mean that the OS will stop working in a year or two

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by that do you mean that you won't be able to purchase them in a year or two or do you mean that the OS will stop working in a year or two

i mean the OS will become "deactivated" in a few years asking for you to activate it with a key

the key you bought from G2A expired and now you need a new key if you want to reactivate windows

 

you can still use windows without activating, but theres a bunch of problems like no security updates, some stuff doesnt work, and a bunch of other stuff that idk about because I always use a full OS

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Well guys if you want you can download windows 8.1 pro x64 bit or x86 bit from torrentz and then you can activate it using microsoft toolkit... and it wont even expire or cost you money!!.. 

 

even if it expires then you can activate it again using microsoft toolkit!!!!! 

 

Well this is just for your information !!!!

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theres no permanent activation for windows 8

only kms servers and auto reset after 6 months

If you need remote help fixing something on your computer

I can help over Teamviewer if you wish

just msg me on my profile

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if you want permanent...basically gotta be windows 7

If you need remote help fixing something on your computer

I can help over Teamviewer if you wish

just msg me on my profile

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Are there any ways to get Windows 8.1 for less of a price than windows $99? I have seen g2a.com and it seems almost too good to be true. Is that a legit way to get it? Will it work just as good as buying directly from Microsoft?

I got my copy of windows 8 from r/softwareswap for 30$ for my laptop and then put it on my desktop when I built it.

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I got my copy of windows 8 from r/softwareswap for 30$ for my laptop and then put it on my desktop when I built it.

how would I do that? do you know of a site that can explain this or a video?

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how would I do that? do you know of a site that can explain this or a video?

Just go to this link: http://www.reddit.com/r/microsoftsoftwareswapIts pretty self explanatory. There is always that risk of having problems with the copy of windows but I have had mine for over a year and I have had no problems. 

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I bought mine from a seller in Ireland who was a bankrupsy firm via Amazon.  Retail boxed 8.1 for £130 inc Delivery.  On the Microsoft site and at PC World and Staples in the UK its £199.

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Pirate it and wait till Windows 10. Free upgrade to the legit version. :P

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if you want permanent...basically gotta be windows 7

how would i get a permanent version of windows 7? because  it doesnt really matter to me either way and you could just upgrade to windows 10 anyways right

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theres no permanent activation for windows 8

only kms servers and auto reset after 6 months

There is, retail copies of Windows 8 are permanently activated. OEM and Enterprise flavors are the ones that need to be activated every 6 months against KMS servers.

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Pirate it and wait till Windows 10. Free upgrade to the legit version. :P

 

no it won't. You'll get the free upgrade, but it still doesn't magically transform into a legally licensed version as clarified by Microsoft.

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If you don't want any of the proposed suggestions, if you are a student, you can get Windows 8 Pro as student pricing for 70$ at the Microsoft Store online. Check it out.

If you are a student and your school (ask the IT department) is part of MSDNAA or DreamSpark Premium, then you have Windows 7 and 8 with all other Microsoft software ready to be downloaded for free.

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