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[Neobond]

For those of you who have found and installed the RTM, it looks like whatever workaround still causes issues when trying to use it

Nabbed from WinUnleaked (requires registration to view):

[Jose_49]

Hehe. MS is being pretty picky this time about activation

[torrentthief]

i'm sure by the time it goes on sale in october there will be working activation cracks like the windows 7 loader that has been out not many months after win7 went rtm.

[Xerax]

i'm sure by the time it goes on sale in october there will be working activation cracks like the windows 7 loader that has been out not many months after win7 went rtm.

Why crack it after it comes out? It's going to be so cheap.

[+Mephistopheles]

i'm sure by the time it goes on sale in october there will be working activation cracks like the windows 7 loader that has been out not many months after win7 went rtm.

... or you could just buy the OS instead of worrying about activation cracks. $39 isn't exactly expensive.

[dafin0]

... or you could just buy the OS instead of worrying about activation cracks. $39 isn't exactly expensive.

it could cost $2 and people will still want to pirate it , people dont like to spend money

[+Mephistopheles]

it could cost $2 and people will still want to pirate it , people dont like to spend money

I know, it's pathetic how many think they're entitled to own the newest software - be it Windows, applications or games - for free.

[+Quillz]

How are people getting it to activate to begin with? Are they resetting the grace period?

[Coolicer]

I know, it's pathetic how many think they're entitled to own the newest software - be it Windows, applications or games - for free.

When it comes down to Windows the mindset is usually "Crappy monopolistic Microsoft and their ****ty software, I'm just going to pirate it because it's so ****!" (Note the heavy amounts of irony in that statement).

40 euros is really dirt cheap for a Pro version. I'm going to bite... twice! For my Laptop and Desktop

[torrentthief]

Why crack it after it comes out? It's going to be so cheap.

I didn't say I was going to crack it, this thread is about win8 protection. No UK price has been announced yet btw. Also that $40 is for an installer, most likely .exe or .msi not for an iso, you have to upgrade from within windows, you can format from within that installer apparently which is pretty good. $60 gets you a physical disc, i'm not sure if you can format hdd then install or if you have to install from within windows again.

There's no price for new installs btw, the $40/60 is for upgrades.

If you hdd dies and you replace it you won't have an earlier install of windows and wouldn't be able to use the installer and maybe not even the physical disc.

We'll have to wait for more details from microsoft.

[Mikeffer]

... or you could just buy the OS instead of worrying about activation cracks. $39 isn't exactly expensive.

Most people who would pirate it wouldn't have legitimate Windows licence to allow them to upgrade in the first place.

[Dorza]

People can flame all they want but that's a seriously dog ugly, terrible looking UI. 7 looks so much more sleek, this windows 8 thing looks like X Window System or Win95 High Contrast on sterioids when not in Metro ( I'll hold my tongue on my metro views). I respect MS for trying to change things up but man they've got it so badly wrong in my view.

[Tekkerson]

People can flame all they want but that's a seriously dog ugly, terrible looking UI. 7 looks so much more sleek, this windows 8 thing looks like X Window System on sterioids when not in Metro. I respect MS for trying to change things up but man they've got it so badly wrong in my view.

You act like metro is the whole O.S. When it's just an app launcher realistically.

[Mr Nom Nom's]

it could cost $2 and people will still want to pirate it , people dont like to spend money

I'm not joking when I say this but there are people who pirate 99cent games - heck, there are people who will spend hours/days/weeks pondering over whether they should spend $1.49 on a game/app for their smart phone.

Regarding the price - I hope that they make the discount globally (adjusted for exchange rate of course) to really get the ball rolling because the latest screenshots really have me interested in Windows 8.

[grayscale]

I'm not joking when I say this but there are people who pirate 99cent games - heck, there are people who will spend hours/days/weeks pondering over whether they should spend $1.49 on a game/app for their smart phone.

http://theoatmeal.com/blog/apps