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Windows 10 for £100 or £10?

Harflite
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Hey, guys, I'm new here but I will be building a pc relatively soon, well I hope so at least, and I'm wondering whether to purchase windows 10 from Microsoft for up to £100 or to try to get it from some sketchy website for a fraction of the price. So I guess what I'm really asking is what, in terms of the os, have you guys used? And what have been your experiences with both?

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I've bought my Win 10 Pro on eBay for 10 euros about 6 months ago, never had a problem with it.

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You can run windows 10 with out paying at all if you don't mind the watermark at the bottom right of the screen telling you to activate windows.  It won't let you personalize basic things like your background either but all the major features are workable.  I did this for about a year.

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1 hour ago, PopsicleHustler said:

I've bought my Win 10 Pro on eBay for 10 euros about 6 months ago, never had a problem with it.

For real? Did you buy a key or like a boxed version? And if so if you won't mind linking me to it if it is still up there that'd be great.

 

1 hour ago, Beowulff83 said:

You can run windows 10 with out paying at all if you don't mind the watermark at the bottom right of the screen telling you to activate windows.  It won't let you personalize basic things like your background either but all the major features are workable.  I did this for about a year.

Thanks for the reply it looks like something to definitely look into.

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5 minutes ago, Harflite said:
7 minutes ago, Beowulff83 said:

You can run windows 10 with out paying at all if you don't mind the watermark at the bottom right of the screen telling you to activate windows.  It won't let you personalize basic things like your background either but all the major features are workable.  I did this for about a year.

Thanks for the reply it looks like something to definitely look into.

No problem,  I would recommend this.  If you can't stand the watermark you then can decide how you want to purchase a license. 

This video is about 5 months old now but this is how i got my license.

  

 

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Kinguin and G2A are probably your best bets if you want to get cheap windows with a low risk of being scammed.

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Coming to Youtube soon-ish: We have Linus ON "TAPE" saying that using grey market keys = pirating. Grey market being anything but full price.

 

I've always paid full price and always will be. I don't support piracy nor grey market.* Meaning that I have OEM Win7 (upgraded to 10) got from local store for €90.

 

 

 

 

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17 hours ago, xriqn said:

Kinguin and G2A are probably your best bets if you want to get cheap windows with a low risk of being scammed.

Yeah but prices are like double what it is on SCDkeys. At that point you could just buy it twice. 

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