Hi all, I had a question I wondered if you could help with.
Back in early 2013 I purchased Windows 8 Pro for my old desktop PC (Athlon 64 @ 4200, 3GB RAM) and installed it using the provided key. The reason I got it was not really because I wanted it as such, but it was about £15 so I couldn't miss that deal! I installed it, but never used it much to be honest (main OS on the machine is Windows 7)
In June last year I got myself a new machine, a laptop - nothing special, but it does the job. It came with Windows 8 (non-pro) and I've since upgraded to Windows 8.1.
Now I use my laptop far, far more than my desktop. And I was wondering if I can upgrade my laptop's version of Windows 8 to Pro using the key that I purchased back early last year? Also, if I do this, could I then use the key that my laptop currently uses should I ever want to install Windows 8 on a desktop machine in the future? Or would it just make the laptop key useless?
Obviously another question is, is it worth it? The only thing I am remotely interested in is Hyper-V for Virtual Machines, which isn't available on my laptop due to it not being Pro, and doesn't run on my desktop PC due to the dated CPU. Nothing else in Pro really interests me.
Many thanks
Back in early 2013 I purchased Windows 8 Pro for my old desktop PC (Athlon 64 @ 4200, 3GB RAM) and installed it using the provided key. The reason I got it was not really because I wanted it as such, but it was about £15 so I couldn't miss that deal! I installed it, but never used it much to be honest (main OS on the machine is Windows 7)
In June last year I got myself a new machine, a laptop - nothing special, but it does the job. It came with Windows 8 (non-pro) and I've since upgraded to Windows 8.1.
Now I use my laptop far, far more than my desktop. And I was wondering if I can upgrade my laptop's version of Windows 8 to Pro using the key that I purchased back early last year? Also, if I do this, could I then use the key that my laptop currently uses should I ever want to install Windows 8 on a desktop machine in the future? Or would it just make the laptop key useless?
Obviously another question is, is it worth it? The only thing I am remotely interested in is Hyper-V for Virtual Machines, which isn't available on my laptop due to it not being Pro, and doesn't run on my desktop PC due to the dated CPU. Nothing else in Pro really interests me.
Many thanks
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1 64-bit
- Computer type
- Laptop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Acer Aspire V5-571
- CPU
- Intel Core i3-2365M @ 1.40Ghz
- Memory
- 6GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000
- Sound Card
- Realtek High Definition Audio
- Screen Resolution
- 1366x768
- Hard Drives
- Hitachi HTS547575A9E384 - 750GB
- Internet Speed
- 4-6 Mb
- Browser
- Chrome
- Antivirus
- Microsoft (Windows 8.1)