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Spanky Ham
Joined: 22 Mar 2006
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Location: Comedy Central
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I need to look into this some more as I am switching my computers around. Some of the pricing seems really high. Why is it almost $100 to upgrade from Premium to Professional?
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greg_mitch
Joined: 03 May 2006
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Ended up getting Premium for $95 after cashback from Buy.com through Bing.
If it is too limited I will splurge for Ultimate or Profressional and move this license to another computer.
Toying around with Mythbuntu for now until it gets to me....gimme a break! Interface looks great and if someone else could set it up for me...probably work for day to day use.
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Clarence
Joined: 08 Mar 2006
Posts: 3827
Location: Smith Mtn Lake, VA
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| Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 12:47 pm Post subject: |
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If anyone else is looking to upgrade to Win 7, here's a 64-bit dual core with 4Gb...
for $249 with Free Shipping...
http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=214525942
Features
AMD Athlon™ II X2 dual-core processor 215 (2.7GHz, 2x512KB L2 cache, 4000MHz FSB)
Operating System : Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Chipset : NVIDIA® GeForce® 6150 SE
Memory : 4GB DDR2
Hard Drive : 320GB 7200rpm SATA
Optical Drive : 16x DVD±R/RW Supermulti drive
Media Reader : Multi-in-one digital media card reader
Video : Integrated NVIDIA® GeForce® 6150 SE graphics
Audio : 8-channel (7.1) high-definition audio support
Communications : 10/100 Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 port)
Peripherals : eMachines® PS/2 keyboard and optical mouse
Ports/Other : 6 - USB 2.0 (2 front, 4 rear)
2 - PS/2 (keyboard and mouse)
1 - VGA
6 - Audio jacks
1 - Headphone jack
1 - Microphone jack
1 - RJ-45 Ethernet
Software : Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit
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greg_mitch
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If they include the restore disk that is a steal!
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MikeEby
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
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Location: Osceola, Indiana
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I'm still using my RC until this weekend when I plan on rebuilding my HTPC, because RC now shuts down after 2 hours, for now I just have to:
A) Watch a movie that is under 2 hours long.
B) Take a pee break about 1-1/2 hours into movie.
Mike
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CasetheCorvetteman
Joined: 09 Nov 2008
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Location: Australia
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Buy an OEM version. Same as full version, but less than $100
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MikeEby
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Location: Osceola, Indiana
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Rebuilt my HTPC last night...Win 7 was by far the easiest load I ever did. I was done in about 2 hours.
Mike
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greg_mitch
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| MikeEby wrote: | Rebuilt my HTPC last night...Win 7 was by far the easiest load I ever did. I was done in about 2 hours.
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Sweet thing about 7MC is that it recognized my PVR 2250 and Silicon Dust HD Homerun immediately and set them up so that I have 4 HD tuners and 2 Analog tuners...without me doing anything.
Now my stupid Gyration remote "down" button has stopped responding as well as the "PC" button at the top...might just go back to the $25 simple remote as the mouse cursor is used rarely and half the time it is stuck in the top left of the screen...stupid driver problem.
The interface of 7 is so refreshing...the internet TV built into the channel lineup is slick too...only if we could put Hulu in the channel lineup!
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MikeEby
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
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Location: Osceola, Indiana
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| greg_mitch wrote: |
Now my stupid Gyration remote "down" button has stopped responding as well as the "PC" button at the top...might just go back to the $25 simple remote as the mouse cursor is used rarely and half the time it is stuck in the top left of the screen...stupid driver problem.
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I have Gyration and didn't install any drivers....But I'm not using the music display thingy and running 32 bit...Old habits die hard.
Mike
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greg_mitch
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| MikeEby wrote: | | greg_mitch wrote: |
Now my stupid Gyration remote "down" button has stopped responding as well as the "PC" button at the top...might just go back to the $25 simple remote as the mouse cursor is used rarely and half the time it is stuck in the top left of the screen...stupid driver problem.
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I have Gyration and didn't install any drivers....But I'm not using the music display thingy and running 32 bit...Old habits die hard.
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Didn't install drivers either...that is why I think it is messing up. But...the button presses on these remotes seem to last only 2 years...time to replace.
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