This is plain scary.
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Yeah I've seen this one before. Shocking alright.
(on a side note; man this guy looks like Charlie Harper :P)
You didn't put the OS in there, if you did it would match the price with much better hardware.
I would recommend linux honestly for this hardware. Something like linux mint.
I only use windows because I have a gaming machine.
Linux FTW.
I only brought it up because it seems to be a common trend to put a computer with windows against a computer without windows price wise, enough though the windows computer includes a $100 piece of software.
ooh this is really really bad
I wonder why they did not take the time to develop a case that is up to the height of the motherboard?
Everything would fit fine. They could save a couple of dollars on the materials of the case.
HAHAH when he opened the side panel, omfg its so empty.....Why even bother HP?
I do agree though, that when you are building a PC to compete with a pre-built you have to include the price of Windows, because you are not building that PC for yourself, you are building it for someone who won't ever bother with Linux and probably wouldn't want an "illegal" operating system.
First off those keys are completely legal and secondly computer companies get Windows at an extremely discounted price. Just thought I would share that, I myself use one of the keys from digital juice and I have no problems.
Laptops in desktop cases as I call them.
It's really quite sad that the budget PC market has gotten that pathetic. It'd be a great small Micro-ITX system especially if they used a 7200RPM drive (the crapware + 5400RPM drive makes that computer painfully slow compared to other desktops from what i have seen) but I guess the manufacters think consumers will see a mini tower chassis and think 'real computer' but won't for an ITX case?
I find the opposite to be true. My sister's mother-in-law is a professional photographer, and she got an Alienware 8-9 years ago, they think "old and huge", but it's only an ATX Mid-Tower.
If they were really thinking on their feet, they'd advertise this tiny PC as twice as fast as their old PC, because as slow as us PC enthusiasts think it is, it's probably a lot faster than what the average consumer had before.
Wow..... this sounds almost just like a king in zimbabwe sent me an email saying he needs to wire $1,000,000 to my bank account. How about the Certificate of Authenticity? Does that come with these keys? How does the seller get these product keys? There would be no point in hawking these these keys. I am willing to bet that these keys come from either a TechNet subscription, MSDN subscription or a Microsoft Action Pack. Those are legitimate keys, however they are only licensed to the individual users or companies that bought them directly from Microsoft. So if you didn't purchase them from Microsoft they basically fell off the truck.
Then again I cannot judge since I have no evidence. I have just been in the industry a long time. Personally I would stay away from these keys.
If I hurt your feelings or anyone else's, please accept this as my public apology.
Just because they are valid does not mean that they are legal. I doubt TekSyndicate endorses or even approves of hawking potentially illegal (however working and valid) keys on their site. Im not slandering, I am being blunt. Im just saying in no way does this sound legit. Anyone on the forum with any IT experience will know this. I just feel bad for the people who buy these keys. Remember, Microsoft uses a "Licensing Model". They do not sell their software, they license it to companies and people. If you receive a KEY without a license, you are getting pirated software. Sorry to burst your bubble. I will no longer be discussing this topic.
I think it matters. It matters when people steal and it matters when people cheat. I paid $180 for retail Win7 Ultimate and never looked back. Some figure stealing as part of their budget builds. I do not help the underbelly. Anything worth having is worth acquiring by legitimate means.
I read the post... Produce the original copy of windows and I would look past it. $20 to offshore account to acquire a pin is hardly a legitimate claim to ownership. Microsoft offers ample opportunity to keep a license current.. they aren't doing anything wrong. You can't buy a stolen car and feel justified because you paid for it.
Perhaps you've seen the physical certificate delivered with every copy of windows that validates your key. Perhaps you never have.
Windows doesn't belong to the owner... A license is issued for it's usage under terms of service. Part of those terms is having a legitimate pin tied to a certified license. Do you have that or a pin that may or may not be used currently by 500,000 Malaysians?
Say what you will. You're at your own risk buying from a source like that. Ignorance is not a legal defense. Not to say you'll ever be held accountable, but for argument sake you aren't protected just because you paid someone for it.
What if that same store sold your pin 2 dozen times. Do you think you'd be liable? Yes... is the correct answer.