I have found many offers for Windows 8 Upgrades, and for Windows 8 pre-installed on new PCs.... but it seems difficult to find a full-licence Windows 8 for an existing PC which doesn't have a previous version of Windows on it. I have installed the Enterprise Evaluation on an old Shuttle PC, and it runs acceptably well, but will soon expire. I do not have a 'spare' WinXP or Win7 licence to upgrade, so I will need a full-licence version of Windows 8, but such does not appear to be generally available - not for download from Microsoft, certainly. Amazon have an 'OEM' version for £80; is that what I need? Or should I find an XP CD on Ebay, and 'upgrade from that'? I assume I wouldn't have to install it, but just 'show' Win8 the XP disc...
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows XP
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Shuttle SD11G5
- CPU
- Pentium M
- Motherboard
- Shuttle SD11G5
- Memory
- plenty
- Graphics Card(s)
- on-board (Intel 915GM)