jimfromPA Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Greetings, all. Need to purchase some Windows 7 Pro x64 licenses, and was wondering what my best bet is. Option 1: Buy a retail license. There are still a few available here and there, but time is running out. Plan on spending over 300 USD. [!] This may be the best option, because then I can re-install it on a different machine if I want to. Option 2: Buy an OEM copy from a legitimate retailer, such as Walmart [yes, they have it]. Plan on spending around 200 USD. This seems pricey for an OEM license. Option 3: Buy an OEM copy from one of the many Ebay or Amazon sellers that offer it. Plan on spending anywhere from 5 USD [MUST be bogus] up to around 50-60 USD [MAY be bogus]. Other people's experience doing this varies widely. Some people report getting a legit copy, others get counterfeit bunk. Supposedly, a lot of these are from people [illegally] selling off bulk license keys from an enterprise package, which will probably be flagged by MS at some point after you install it. Buying a legit OEM disk will save around 100 bucks per license over retail, but if the smoke leaks out of the machine you install it on, you are SOL. Many people claim in online forums that MS was willing to re-cert an OEM license after an mboard replacement, but I am not sure I can count on that. What do you folks buy when building a Win 7 box? Jim ================================================== Speaking from a secure undisclosed location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dencorso Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 I, for one, only buy original, seal unbroken, boxed FPP, with no geo limitations on activation. YMMV, though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomen Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Does a technet subscription still get you a bunch of licenses for Win-7 (and a bunch more other stuff)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Technet should be gone by now. I think there is only MSDN subscription service left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i430VX Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 My friend has had one success and one failure with the $5 ebay keys. He got his money back on the scam though. As stated, YMMV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erpdude8 Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 (edited) Newegg does still sell some legit OEM versions of Windows 7 Pro Edited October 24, 2018 by erpdude8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quadriped Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 I'd like to know why they're still charging $140-200 for a 9-year-old system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dencorso Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 Because it's real good? Because there is demand for it,actually? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomcat76 Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 (edited) I recently bought three digital licenses for Windows 7 for about 80€ in total. You just need to get the media yourself. Edited November 13, 2018 by Tomcat76 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jody Thornton Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 I got two Windows 8 Pro licenses - the first for $60, and the second for $40. I wonder if he still has any of them left. You can get Windows 7 Pro loaded on refurbished decent machines easily enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quadriped Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 (edited) 12 hours ago, Jody Thornton said: I got two Windows 8 Pro licenses - the first for $60, and the second for $40. I wonder if he still has any of them left. You can get Windows 7 Pro loaded on refurbished decent machines easily enough. Not so easy. The store closest to me, MicroCenter, has only 1 refurb Win7 machine for $200. Anywhere else I would have to pay a huge amount of shipping. Cheaper for me to buy a license and install it on my triple-core Vista machine. Quote Edited November 14, 2018 by quadriped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aurgathor Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 If you subscribe to Visual Studio (starting at $1200, used to be called MSDN) you'll get 5 keys for most every Win 7 SKUs, as far as I can see. It's not cheap, but the keys are guaranteed to be legit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destro Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 (edited) 1200 dollars for some win 7 keys no thankyou. Go on Ebay and try to find legit Licenses they are on there be careful. Make sure you are getting a Ultimate edition key as all other versions are inferior. Edited December 26, 2018 by Destro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 1 hour ago, Destro said: Go on Ebay and try to find legit Licenses they are on there be careful. Yep, just be careful because if it sounds too good to be true, most likely it is. There's no way a reputable company would sell Windows 7 keys for $5-$10, not even this late in its life. Heck, even Windows Server products that are out of date run a pretty penny on eBay. I'd say even for Windows 7 Home Premium, a fair price would be about $39.99 for a key only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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