Just recieved the email and tracking number from Microsoft store stating that my Surface tablet has shipped. Hopefully, I will have it in my hands by end of October.
Harvey Norman are preselling Win8 Pro for $88 including a free 16GB USB drive. Guess that must be the upgrade version and assume its either 32 or 64bit?
Just out of interest, if I upgrade, will I lose my current programs and settings? I am currently using Vista, but don't really want to lose a lot of my software as most of it came from Giveaway of the day.
paulspain: Is NZ Post's YouShop service relevant for purchasing the Surface considering they have limitations regarding transporting hardware with Lithium-Ion batteries?
They revised their conditions (see the thread about YouShop) and pretty much all phone\tablet\laptop batteries are now ok.
youshop requires to to enter your youshop id in the name field, but the microsoft store doesn't allow numbers in the name field.... solution?
UPDATE: added it in the "Company" field. Its also in the Address Line 2. Hopefully that should be sufficient....
I entered my first name then last name in first line then had youshop address in second line then had my youshop suite id in the 3rd line then city and state in 4th line followed by post code and country as US. I hope it makes it without having suite id in first line.
I know I can upgrade them - but I've had troubles in the past with hardware changing in the machines - and having to re-activate using their phone service.
Do the upgrade versions come with the new system builder license? Can I upgrade to that license?
Have to say, $88 is good for a microsoft upgrade. Harvey Norman are even chucking in a 16GB usb stick with it for that price. Not quite at Apples "just about give the OS away" prices, but a good offer to get people upgrading.
Try Vultr using this link and get us both some credit:
It will let you do a full install regardless. You can even install release preview of Windows 8 and install this upgrade copy on top of it and it will still do a clean install.
Are you subscribed to our RSS feed? You can download the latest headlines and summaries from our stories directly
to your computer or smartphone by using a feed reader.
Trusted
Microsoft NZ
