Hey guys,need your help.In a bit of a conundrum right now.
I've got a spare Acer laptop that's running the Windows 8 Release Preview.It originally came with vista,tried the preview the moment i could.Vista was crap. Not using that any more,dualbooted Ubuntu on it and using Ubuntu on it.
I'm building a new rig and i'm wondering if it is possible to download the upgrade to Window 8 Pro student on that laptop,create USB bootable media, and clean install Windows 8 on the new rig AND activate the new rig. By new i mean new.The whole schebang-blank SSD,new mobo etc etc. I'm trying to avoid buying a new OEM license as much as i can.
Searching on the internet yields everything from yes to registry tweaks to calling microsoft.Thing is,the ones that said yes are still running the same hardware,from what i could tell.I couldn't find one in the situation that i am in and M$ in my country doesn't employ friendly CSOs.Tried calling them.
So,i hope the knowledgeable gurus that you guys are would be able to help me out.
Thanks!
PS. Posted this on another forum as well.Apologies if you see this twice.
I've got a spare Acer laptop that's running the Windows 8 Release Preview.It originally came with vista,tried the preview the moment i could.Vista was crap. Not using that any more,dualbooted Ubuntu on it and using Ubuntu on it.
I'm building a new rig and i'm wondering if it is possible to download the upgrade to Window 8 Pro student on that laptop,create USB bootable media, and clean install Windows 8 on the new rig AND activate the new rig. By new i mean new.The whole schebang-blank SSD,new mobo etc etc. I'm trying to avoid buying a new OEM license as much as i can.
Searching on the internet yields everything from yes to registry tweaks to calling microsoft.Thing is,the ones that said yes are still running the same hardware,from what i could tell.I couldn't find one in the situation that i am in and M$ in my country doesn't employ friendly CSOs.Tried calling them.
So,i hope the knowledgeable gurus that you guys are would be able to help me out.
Thanks!
PS. Posted this on another forum as well.Apologies if you see this twice.
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