Cheapest Vista Home Premium (Academic) - UK

[ray_gillespie]

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]

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]

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]

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]

I's gone!

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

 

[Luna]

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]

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!