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#917618 20-Oct-2013 07:35

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nzrock: HI all

if you have a samsung laptop model NP350V5C-S09AU i would not upgrade it to win 8.1 yet. this laptop has two video cards, a low power intel & a radon for gaming. the drivers that win 8.1 users don't cope with the 2 cards.
tried reinstalling the win 8.0 drivers, but any program that tries to use the radon card just crashes.
win 8.1 is running fine but can't use the laptop for games etc, until samsung release updated drivers.

also upgraded a desktop & 3 laptops with out any problems. the oldest laptop took about 3-4 hours & the pc about 1 hour

please run DXDIAG and send me a copy of the log file it generates and I'll find out what drivers you should be using

Microsoft NZ you really need to make it cheap or a free upgrade from Windows 7 aswell. You want people to use the new OS. Its too expensive Im 16 I cant afford it. This is the reason people pirate! I dont see why people shouldnt be allowed to swap their windows 7 licence to a windows 8 one?

they need to make money so can develop more through research and development etc and improve Windows for you as well. No need to give it for free.
To make another analogy. You make and sell a nice car. Then a year later you bring out an improved version, you wont just give it to those who bought your previous car.
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#917619 20-Oct-2013 08:03

Win 8.1 RT update has been removed due to some users having issues, went fine for me! (click '1' next to announcements) http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows

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#917620 20-Oct-2013 08:06

macuser: Win 8.1 update has been removed due to some users having issues, went fine for me! (click '1' next to announcements)
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows

Not entirely correct. Windows RT 8.1 has been removed. Windows 8.1 is so available

My views (except when I am looking out their windows) are not those of my employer.

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#917621 20-Oct-2013 08:09

hairy1:
macuser: Win 8.1 update has been removed due to some users having issues, went fine for me! (click '1' next to announcements)
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows

Not entirely correct. Windows RT 8.1 has been removed. Windows 8.1 is so available

Opps, fixed :)

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#917650 20-Oct-2013 10:02

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What about those users who have slow connections and limited data caps? How are they going to get the update? Very slowly, and possibly having to pay their ISP for exceeding their data caps.

No, Microsoft should have had more distribution channels for this update than just the Online store...

What Microsoft are doing is no different to any other vendor. iOS updates mean a user has to download the update individually for every device.

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#917652 20-Oct-2013 10:06

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nathan:
nzrock: HI all

if you have a samsung laptop model NP350V5C-S09AU i would not upgrade it to win 8.1 yet. this laptop has two video cards, a low power intel & a radon for gaming. the drivers that win 8.1 users don't cope with the 2 cards.
tried reinstalling the win 8.0 drivers, but any program that tries to use the radon card just crashes.
win 8.1 is running fine but can't use the laptop for games etc, until samsung release updated drivers.

also upgraded a desktop & 3 laptops with out any problems. the oldest laptop took about 3-4 hours & the pc about 1 hour

please run DXDIAG and send me a copy of the log file it generates and I'll find out what drivers you should be using

Microsoft NZ you really need to make it cheap or a free upgrade from Windows 7 aswell. You want people to use the new OS. Its too expensive Im 16 I cant afford it. This is the reason people pirate! I dont see why people shouldnt be allowed to swap their windows 7 licence to a windows 8 one?

I seriously can't believe you think the initial $50 for an update from Windows7 to Windows8 was too expensive.

If you got in early (before the loophole was closed) you could even upgrade for $19.99

Your justification for pirating software because you think this pricing is "expensive" is pretty lame.

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#917655 20-Oct-2013 10:13

Yabanize:
nathan:
nzrock: HI all

if you have a samsung laptop model NP350V5C-S09AU i would not upgrade it to win 8.1 yet. this laptop has two video cards, a low power intel & a radon for gaming. the drivers that win 8.1 users don't cope with the 2 cards.
tried reinstalling the win 8.0 drivers, but any program that tries to use the radon card just crashes.
win 8.1 is running fine but can't use the laptop for games etc, until samsung release updated drivers.

also upgraded a desktop & 3 laptops with out any problems. the oldest laptop took about 3-4 hours & the pc about 1 hour

please run DXDIAG and send me a copy of the log file it generates and I'll find out what drivers you should be using

Microsoft NZ you really need to make it cheap or a free upgrade from Windows 7 aswell. You want people to use the new OS. Its too expensive Im 16 I cant afford it. This is the reason people pirate!

I dont see why people shouldnt be allowed to swap their windows 7 licence to a windows 8 one?

I can't afford a Bugatti Veyron but does this mean I go steal one instead?

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#917669 20-Oct-2013 11:24

johnr:
Yabanize:
nathan:
nzrock: HI all

if you have a samsung laptop model NP350V5C-S09AU i would not upgrade it to win 8.1 yet. this laptop has two video cards, a low power intel & a radon for gaming. the drivers that win 8.1 users don't cope with the 2 cards.
tried reinstalling the win 8.0 drivers, but any program that tries to use the radon card just crashes.
win 8.1 is running fine but can't use the laptop for games etc, until samsung release updated drivers.

also upgraded a desktop & 3 laptops with out any problems. the oldest laptop took about 3-4 hours & the pc about 1 hour

please run DXDIAG and send me a copy of the log file it generates and I'll find out what drivers you should be using

Microsoft NZ you really need to make it cheap or a free upgrade from Windows 7 aswell. You want people to use the new OS. Its too expensive Im 16 I cant afford it. This is the reason people pirate!

I dont see why people shouldnt be allowed to swap their windows 7 licence to a windows 8 one?

I can't afford a Bugatti Veyron but does this mean I go steal one instead?

This logic doesn't stack up, everyone knows you already have a Veyron :)

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#917680 20-Oct-2013 11:55

I wasnt saying I did pirate. . Im still on 7 but have evaluation installed. I just think $200 or whatever it is is too expensive. Unfortunately I missed out on that offer and I believe it was only for machines purchased after June 2012. Mine was boxing day. It would be great to see an offer like this again since they are calling 8.1 a new Operating system, apples upgrades are much more affordable

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#917686 20-Oct-2013 12:03

So you have the evaluation version of Windows 7 running?

Initial upgrade pricing was for everybody, it didn't matter what OS you had or when you purchased it.

If you have a full version of Windows 7 it's going to cost you $89.95 maximum to upgrade to 8.1

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#917687 20-Oct-2013 12:15

sbiddle:
If you have a full version of Windows 7 it's going to cost you $89.95 maximum to upgrade to 8.1

Where do you find that pricing?

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#917699 20-Oct-2013 12:54

sbiddle: So you have the evaluation version of Windows 7 running?

Initial upgrade pricing was for everybody, it didn't matter what OS you had or when you purchased it.

If you have a full version of Windows 7 it's going to cost you $89.95 maximum to upgrade to 8.1

As he said, he missed the initial promotion, and is simply expressing his opinion (one shared by plenty of people) that $200 is expensive to upgrade.)

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#917733 20-Oct-2013 14:06

sbiddle: So you have the evaluation version of Windows 7 running?

Initial upgrade pricing was for everybody, it didn't matter what OS you had or when you purchased it.

If you have a full version of Windows 7 it's going to cost you $89.95 maximum to upgrade to 8.1

Full windows 7 OEM :) came with laptop, has COA sticker
I meant ive used evaluation windows 8

$89.95? Are you sure about that? Thats not too bad :)

Oh I see what you mean, Because Im a student... http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msnz/en_NZ/pdp/productID.288538700

Buutttt. If you're not a student: Ouch.
It seems these are the full versions and not upgrade versions but are there still upgrade versions available?

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#917804 20-Oct-2013 17:06

sbiddle:

If you got in early (before the loophole was closed) you could even upgrade for $19.99

Not entirely what loophole you are talking about but I purchased 5 copies for $19.99 based on five different redemption codes Microsoft sent to my various e-mail accounts. Only installed one so far since I wasn't sure I would like it.

At work I have been using it on a Toshiba Z10T Ultrabook tablet with two screens with Windows 8 Pro. I have the desktop showing on both screens and rarely if ever have to use my finger. It works pretty well except for one major omission for me. The search (activated from Windows 7 by putting an item in the search box and then choosing See More Results, does not search Outlook. That's very annoying.

Back OT Windows 8.1 did not originally show up in the Store for me until I applied a KB (for some reason Windows Updates are not happening on my machine). Then I had to take the machine off the corporate network, connect to our separate WiFi network to get the download to load. Otherwise the "purchased" from the store just did not go through.

In the end the download and installation took about 90 minutes in all.

Not enough time with it to make any comments except there is a Start button but search still does not search Outlook.

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#917812 20-Oct-2013 17:23

johnr:
Yabanize:
nathan:
nzrock: HI all

if you have a samsung laptop model NP350V5C-S09AU i would not upgrade it to win 8.1 yet. this laptop has two video cards, a low power intel & a radon for gaming. the drivers that win 8.1 users don't cope with the 2 cards.
tried reinstalling the win 8.0 drivers, but any program that tries to use the radon card just crashes.
win 8.1 is running fine but can't use the laptop for games etc, until samsung release updated drivers.

also upgraded a desktop & 3 laptops with out any problems. the oldest laptop took about 3-4 hours & the pc about 1 hour

please run DXDIAG and send me a copy of the log file it generates and I'll find out what drivers you should be using

Microsoft NZ you really need to make it cheap or a free upgrade from Windows 7 aswell. You want people to use the new OS. Its too expensive Im 16 I cant afford it. This is the reason people pirate!

I dont see why people shouldnt be allowed to swap their windows 7 licence to a windows 8 one?

I can't afford a Bugatti Veyron but does this mean I go steal one instead?

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