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Title: Selling old laptops
Post by: Jim on March 08, 2016, 09:16:04 am: got some old asus netbooks that I could with selling (probably on ebay), they both currently have dodgy windows 7 on them, what do you think I should do with the OS to maximise their value:?
put back to genuine windows XP or a clean install of dodgy win7 or some sort of linux or something else?
Ta
Title: Re: Selling old laptops
Post by: dontfollowme on March 08, 2016, 09:38:39 am: Could put the free version of Chrome OS on them?
Title: Re: Selling old laptops
Post by: chris j on March 08, 2016, 10:15:15 am: I would put them back to genuine XP.
Title: Re: Selling old laptops
Post by: Obi-Wan is lost... on March 08, 2016, 01:20:55 pm: I wouldn't spend a lot of time doing it. Doubt you'll get a lot for them. Maybe just dban them and sell as no OS?
Title: Re: Selling old laptops
Post by: Paul B on March 08, 2016, 02:22:51 pm: Quote from: Obi-Wan is lost... on March 08, 2016, 01:20:55 pm
I wouldn't spend a lot of time doing it. Doubt you'll get a lot for them. Maybe just dban them and sell as no OS?

Not convinced by this as you limit your market hugely to Geeks whereas people purchasing netbooks may be the older generation less willing to embrace a table (my Mother in law LOVEs her nexus7, aged 65 I'm amazed by how well she gets on with it)?

Chrome or Linux Mint/Ubuntu?
Title: Re: Selling old laptops
Post by: Obi-Wan is lost... on March 08, 2016, 10:39:32 pm: Www.neverware.com is verified on some Asus models...
http://go.neverware.com/certifiedmodels
Title: Re: Selling old laptops
Post by: Mumra on March 09, 2016, 08:15:38 am: Just put on a 30 day trial of whatever Windows version is appropriate
Just make sure you've used cillit bang on the hard drive and the pr0n is gone!
Title: Re: Selling old laptops
Post by: Mike Tyson on March 09, 2016, 11:11:50 am: Need a new one?

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/laptop-trade-in-1235-commercial.html?intcmp=exp-laptops-tradein-computing-11022016&awc=1599_1457521578_18b173a7c689a6956f137450abbbf0a9&srcid=369&xtor=AL-1&cmpid=aff~TechRadar~Editorial%20Content&istCompanyId=bec25c7e-cbcd-460d-81d5-a25372d2e3d7&istItemId=qqpxmxaq&istBid=t#questions
Title: Re: Selling old laptops
Post by: Lund on March 09, 2016, 04:27:02 pm: Windows 10 is free...
Title: Re: Selling old laptops
Post by: Obi-Wan is lost... on March 09, 2016, 08:30:56 pm: Quote from: Lund on March 09, 2016, 04:27:02 pm
Windows 10 is free...
Thinks its only free to upgrade from legit 7 or 8
Title: Re: Selling old laptops
Post by: Jim on March 10, 2016, 09:49:04 am: well I've upgraded the better machine (eee 1000he) from dodgy win 7 to win10. is this now legit?
Title: Re: Selling old laptops
Post by: chris20 on March 10, 2016, 09:56:16 am: Quote from: Jim on March 10, 2016, 09:49:04 am
well I've upgraded the better machine (eee 1000he) from dodgy win 7 to win10. is this now legit?

I had heard they were upgrading dodgy copies to legit win10
Title: Re: Selling old laptops
Post by: Obi-Wan is lost... on March 10, 2016, 12:50:30 pm: Quote from: Jim on March 10, 2016, 09:49:04 am
is this now legit?
:shrug:
Title: Re: Selling old laptops
Post by: slackline on March 10, 2016, 01:19:27 pm: http://www.cnet.com/uk/news/windows-10-pirated-upgrades-will-still-be-considered-pirated/
Title: Re: Selling old laptops
Post by: SamT on March 10, 2016, 01:21:49 pm: Is that not slightly at odds with this later article though..

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2999825/windows/how-to-upgrade-from-pirated-windows-to-legitimate-windows-10.html
Title: Re: Selling old laptops
Post by: slackline on March 10, 2016, 01:38:30 pm: I'm sure you could find sites saying either...

http://www.googlefight.co.uk/upgrade+windows+10+legal-vs-upgrade+windows+10+illegal.php

No idea why I'm commenting on M$-Win though, not used it in a decade and have no idea what their licensing is like these days (other than you are meant to pay for it).

EDIT : The solution suggested in that article is....buy a license....

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For now, here’s how genuine pirates can currently end their “non-genuine” Windows status by upgrading to Windows 10 and purchasing a license.

I suspect the cost will offset the revenue generated by selling the hardware.