How did you get Windows?

[RazorDragon]

I was wondering, since I'm starting to build a pc, where did you all get windows? and how much?, version does not matter and I will no judge if its not legit, just curious and it may help me out in my build.

[Enderman]

i bought mine full price 6 years ago

[1nv1n]

I got signed up into the MSDN licensing, so I got it for free. I'm running Windows 10 64-Bit & it's great.

[tbroadwater2010]

I got my license from college when i went there. It was a full version of windows 8 pro.

 

And yes version does matter. there are two types. x86 (or 32 bit) and x64 (64bit). you will most definitely want Windows 10 Home 64 bit!

[glitchmaster0001]

i got my windows 7 pro when i built my computer and used the key off of my old prebuilt dell that died because of PSU failure 

[RazorDragon]

1 minute ago, tbroadwater2010 said:

I got my license from college when i went there. It was a full version of windows 8 pro.

 

And yes version does matter. there are two types. x86 (or 32 bit) and x64 (64bit). you will most definitely want Windows 10 Home 64 bit!

What I meant was how u got your windows, Im fully aware of the differences just wanted to know where, how and how much be it 7,8,10, or vista,etc,,

 

[Spartancloud]

I had gotten a few copies of windows 7 and vista from MSDNAA through my school, now I upgraded to windows 10 Pro with those.

[evilarceus]

I got a Windows 7 ISO and used an old product key from an old desktop then upgraded to Windows 10.

[Noyu]

In our school we had this DreamSpark event thingy where you get to register to Microsoft DreamSpark on the venue.

 

Dreamspark account includes lots of free stuff but all I cared about was the free Windows 7 Pro. Eventually a year after, when W8 was released, W8 was also free on the account.

 

So yea, got a W7 Pro and W8 Pro for free. Sadly last I checked, the account is already disabled.

(good thing I have the keys on my E-mail, so I can just DL a clean installer and put in those keys).

 

You should check your school too. I think you can apply to DreamSpark by yourself but you should have a school e-mail that is registered to MS.

[8uhbbhu8]

Get all my licenses through college, redit, dreamspark

[MilkJugg24]

Just bought a copy off the shelf. My college got rid of dreamspark for some reason so rip.

[Donut417]

I paid like over $200 for my Windows 7 Home Premium (Retail licese) yes it was expensive, but it was a shit load better than XP x64. When I was a student as community college the first time, I got Windows XP 32 bit and 64 bit pro, for like $28. Thats what happens sometimes with educational institutions. You get great discounts. 

[Gachr]

I got it for free in the Insider programme.

[kronickiller]

pirated lol

have never paid for windows ever lol

[GoodBytes]

Friendly reminder to all, talking about how to pirate software is against the forum rules. And is about the worst thing you can do here. You can get banned for this without warning.

 

Thanks

[Donut417]

2 hours ago, GoodBytes said:

Friendly reminder to all, talking about how to pirate software is against the forum rules. And is about the worst thing you can do here. You can get banned for this without warning.

 

Thanks

On top of the code of conduct on the forum. Pirated software is not guaranteed malware free. Yeah, Windows is expensive. Just bite the bullet and buy it. 

[drc00k3]

I use my dad's MSDN license.

[IsaacDaGrazin]

I couldn't be bothered buying windows so I just got Ubuntu for free

[AlTech]

On 2/11/2016 at 11:31 AM, RazorDragon said:

I was wondering, since I'm starting to build a pc, where did you all get windows? and how much?, version does not matter and I will no judge if its not legit, just curious and it may help me out in my build.

Just buy it from a store or MS.