Cheapest Vista Home Premium (Academic) - UK

**ray_gillespie** · February 7th, 2007

For anyone considering buying Vista in the UK, this is about the cheapest version I've found.

It's the academic version, but providing someone you know is in education I don't see any reason why you can't buy it 'as a present for them'

I'm tempted by this myself. Especially considering this method of clean installing an upgrade edition.

**ming** · February 7th, 2007

Originally Posted by ray_gillespie

I'm tempted by this myself. Especially considering this method of clean installing an upgrade edition.

You DO realise that you have to install it twice just to get a clean install, right?

**Electronic Punk** · February 7th, 2007

But only have to activate once.
Installation takes 20 mins?

Also I am not even sure how much of the installation needs to be complete before the upgrade check will recognise a legitimate version.

**ray_gillespie** · February 7th, 2007

Originally Posted by ming

You DO realise that you have to install it twice just to get a clean install, right?

Yeah but if that saves me £15 and I get the added bonus of being able to reinstall this when I get a new PC, I might as well put up that 30 mins of extra inconvenience

**ray_gillespie** · February 9th, 2007

I's gone!

http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Quicklinx=4D98

Luna · February 9th, 2007

I got the Home Premium 'Academic' version from my University for 80$. It was the upgrade, not the full version, but I did not have to intall it twice to get a clean install.

I just put in the disk and I was able to format the drive and perform a Full / Clean install of Vista Home Preimium.

**ray_gillespie** · February 9th, 2007

I think you only need to install twice when you don't have an OS on the disc to wipe. Which probably isn't that often!

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ray_gillespie OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: March 2002 Location: Birmingham, UK Posts: 1,692 Reputation: 1420 Power: 151	Cheapest Vista Home Premium (Academic) - UK For anyone considering buying Vista in the UK, this is about the cheapest version I've found. It's the academic version, but providing someone you know is in education I don't see any reason why you can't buy it 'as a present for them' I'm tempted by this myself. Especially considering this method of clean installing an upgrade edition.

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ming OSNN Advanced Joined: June 2003 Location: UK Posts: 4,252 Reputation: 1160 Power: 159	Re: Cheapest Vista Home Premium (Academic) - UK Originally Posted by ray_gillespie I'm tempted by this myself. Especially considering this method of clean installing an upgrade edition. You DO realise that you have to install it twice just to get a clean install, right? Curent system: Intel Quad Core 9450 \| 4GB RAM \| WD Raptor 36GB \| nVidia 8800GT 512mb

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Electronic Punk The Last High Joined: December 2001 Location: London Posts: 18,506 Blog Entries: 51 Reputation: 3652 Power: 346	Re: Cheapest Vista Home Premium (Academic) - UK But only have to activate once. Installation takes 20 mins? Also I am not even sure how much of the installation needs to be complete before the upgrade check will recognise a legitimate version.

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ray_gillespie OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: March 2002 Location: Birmingham, UK Posts: 1,692 Reputation: 1420 Power: 151	Re: Cheapest Vista Home Premium (Academic) - UK Originally Posted by ming You DO realise that you have to install it twice just to get a clean install, right? Yeah but if that saves me £15 and I get the added bonus of being able to reinstall this when I get a new PC, I might as well put up that 30 mins of extra inconvenience

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ray_gillespie OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: March 2002 Location: Birmingham, UK Posts: 1,692 Reputation: 1420 Power: 151	Re: Cheapest Vista Home Premium (Academic) - UK I's gone! http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Quicklinx=4D98

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Luna OSNN Senior Addict Joined: January 2004 Location: Houston, Tx Posts: 303 Reputation: 359 Power: 105	Re: Cheapest Vista Home Premium (Academic) - UK I got the Home Premium 'Academic' version from my University for 80$. It was the upgrade, not the full version, but I did not have to intall it twice to get a clean install. I just put in the disk and I was able to format the drive and perform a Full / Clean install of Vista Home Preimium.

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ray_gillespie OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: March 2002 Location: Birmingham, UK Posts: 1,692 Reputation: 1420 Power: 151	Re: Cheapest Vista Home Premium (Academic) - UK I think you only need to install twice when you don't have an OS on the disc to wipe. Which probably isn't that often!

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