Windows 10 Pro license at $39.99 until end of June 2020

poisson · June 2020

PCWorld is offering a good deal on a Windows 10 Pro license if you need one. This is a full retail Windows 10 Pro license going at $39.99 until end of the month. Link here: https://software.pcworld.com/p36877-windows_10_professional

Note that the default currency seems to GBP. Change it to USD at the top right. Hope this deal can benefit some people.

[EDIT] Maybe this is a good public service announcement to put on LESBlog as well, @AnthonySmith?

deank · June 2020

Heretic. No one here supposedly uses Windows, supposedly.

poisson · June 2020

@deank said:
Heretic. No one here supposedly uses Windows, supposedly.

I keep it muzzled in a VM.

MichaelCee · June 2020

I've never bought a license afair, always used hardware included ones. But I can imagine some people need to spend the bux so this seems like a neat saving.

vimalware · June 2020

I guess you do need a retail license if you intend to run windows inside a GPU-virtualized Ryzen box like I plan to (when I can afford all the stupid expensive Nvidia gear)

Is this an international license? Not too familar with their legalese.

bikegremlin · June 2020

Anybody know if that license can be transferred from one computer to another?
And is there a limit to the number of transfers?

lgsin · June 2020

Pcworld marks it as 'unlimited' and there's no mention of OEM version anywhere, so it is supposed to be the non-OEM, retail license which is transferable. But at this price it seems to good to be true.

bikegremlin · June 2020

@lgsin said:
But at this price it seems to good to be true.

That's why I asked.

elliotc · June 2020

Wait, you guys don't play games?

Rahul · June 2020

@bikegremlin said:
Anybody know if that license can be transferred from one computer to another?
And is there a limit to the number of transfers?

@lgsin said:
Pcworld marks it as 'unlimited' and there's no mention of OEM version anywhere, so it is supposed to be the non-OEM, retail license which is transferable. But at this price it seems to good to be true.

bikegremlin · June 2020

"Along with the standard computer warranty agreement which said that if the machine 1) didn't work, 2) didn't do what the expensive advertisements said, 3) electrocuted the immediate neighborhood, 4) and in fact failed entirely to be inside the expensive box when you opened it, this was expressly, absolutely, implicitly and in no event the fault or responsibility of the manufacturer, that the purchaser should consider himself lucky to be allowed to give his money to the manufacturer, and that any attempt to treat what had just been paid for as the purchaser's own property would result in the attentions of serious men with menacing briefcases and very thin watches. Crowley had been extremely impressed with the warranties offered by the computer industry, and had in fact sent a bundle Below to the department that drew up the Immortal Soul agreements, with a yellow memo form attached just saying: "Learn, guys..."

Terry Pratchet, Good Omens - cool book by the way.

MichaelCee · June 2020

Realised this isn't Curry's PCWorld as I thought.

debaser · June 2020

@SmallWeb said:
Realised this isn't Curry's PCWorld as I thought.

Seems to be a common misunderstanding among people from the UK, I guess?

PcWorld was originally a computer magazine, first issue was released in 1983. Sinds 2013 it’s just a website. Owned by IDG (Computerworld, among other publications) so this is safe. Just a good deal with Microsoft.

poisson · June 2020

@debaser said:

@SmallWeb said:
Realised this isn't Curry's PCWorld as I thought.

Seems to be a common misunderstanding among people from the UK, I guess?

PcWorld was originally a computer magazine, first issue was released in 1983. Sinds 2013 it’s just a website. Owned by IDG (Computerworld, among other publications) so this is safe. Just a good deal with Microsoft.

Not sure why people in the other forum are all up in arms. This is a legitimate website as far as I can tell.

angstrom · June 2020

@poisson said:

@debaser said:

@SmallWeb said:
Realised this isn't Curry's PCWorld as I thought.

Seems to be a common misunderstanding among people from the UK, I guess?

PcWorld was originally a computer magazine, first issue was released in 1983. Sinds 2013 it’s just a website. Owned by IDG (Computerworld, among other publications) so this is safe. Just a good deal with Microsoft.

Not sure why people in the other forum are all up in arms. This is a legitimate website as far as I can tell.

Well, since the other forum is LET, it's to be expected. ("Why pay $40 when you can pay $4 on eBay?")

Anyway, PC World is legitimate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_World

By the way, the Home edition is on sale for 29.99€ ( https://software.pcworld.com/p36881-windows_10_home )

(In the EU, the prices appear in euros.)

AlwaysSkint · June 2020

I religiously bought PCWorld mag for years, back in the day.

donovk · June 2020

@bikegremlin said:

@lgsin said:
But at this price it seems to good to be true.

That's why I asked.

@lgsin said:
Pcworld marks it as 'unlimited' and there's no mention of OEM version anywhere, so it is supposed to be the non-OEM, retail license which is transferable. But at this price it seems to good to be true.

hi
so i'm also interested in buying the license , did anyone of you guys did verify that it's really unlimited , as to use it forever reinstalling on as many machines trough time as popcorns are in a box.

poisson · June 2020

@donovk said:

@bikegremlin said:

@lgsin said:
But at this price it seems to good to be true.

That's why I asked.

@lgsin said:
Pcworld marks it as 'unlimited' and there's no mention of OEM version anywhere, so it is supposed to be the non-OEM, retail license which is transferable. But at this price it seems to good to be true.

hi
so i'm also interested in buying the license , did anyone of you guys did verify that it's really unlimited , as to use it forever reinstalling on as many machines trough time as popcorns are in a box.

One machine per license. You can install as many times, as long as it is one license on one machine for each unique license.

donovk · June 2020

@poisson said:

@donovk said:

@bikegremlin said:

@lgsin said:
But at this price it seems to good to be true.

That's why I asked.

@lgsin said:
Pcworld marks it as 'unlimited' and there's no mention of OEM version anywhere, so it is supposed to be the non-OEM, retail license which is transferable. But at this price it seems to good to be true.

hi
so i'm also interested in buying the license , did anyone of you guys did verify that it's really unlimited , as to use it forever reinstalling on as many machines trough time as popcorns are in a box.

One machine per license. You can install as many times, as long as it is one license on one machine for each unique license.

thanks really, thats what i was looking for .

k082mx · June 2020

@bikegremlin said:
Anybody know if that license can be transferred from one computer to another?
And is there a limit to the number of transfers?

Yes there is a limit on how many transfers you can make on the license.
If you get blocked you can call Microsoft customer service and get it unlocked for a new transfer, but that will work only one or 2 times after your first block.
Some time ago Linus from Linus Tech tips mention the issue, you can see the episode here:

elliotc · June 2020

Is it work inside VirtualBox? Or they have different license?

flips · June 2020

@poisson said:
PCWorld is offering a good deal on a Windows 10 Pro license if you need one. This is a full retail Windows 10 Pro license going at $39.99 until end of the month. Link here: https://software.pcworld.com/p36877-windows_10_professional

I just get a blank store page ... maybe that store is geo locked ...

Windows 10 Pro license at $39.99 until end of June 2020

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