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I will be heading to the repair shop tomorrow as today is pretty late already.
I will be heading to the repair shop tomorrow as today is pretty late already.
The warranty is with dell but i purchased it on ebay. Its dell new outlet. Feedback from the seller was 100 percent over thousands of feedback. I could have bought it off dell but the issue is they take a very long time to ship it. Thus if i had more time, i would have ordered it and configured it through dell then i would have the ssd and everything with it. However, do you know what ssds do Dell use though? There was a computer on ebay like this dell outlet new and even faster than this one and 256gb ssd. The only reason i didnt buy from that seller was b/c he had just over 100 feedback though it was 100 percent while this guy his feedback was 100 percent pretty much and over thousands. The other thing was i wasnt sure what ssd model is used. But if the person i bought it from had this model with the 256gb ssd, i would have bought that one and not worry about going to repair shop for any of this.
I was told warranty gets transferred to me. As of now, the laptop seems very nice.
Yes windows 10 looks different and unusual. With the information i have given you on my 2 laptops that went out... the sager and the asus, yes they both have those 25 number/letter codes on the sticker, that means i still have to buy a copy of windows 7 if i want to use on this laptop right? Well yes i would prefer windows 7 as i been using it since 2010 i believe. I actually used windows xp all the way till 2010 while most people already used 7. I actually wanted to stay with xp and asked online could i use xp instead and remove 7 and people said yes... but i should not do that and go with 7 because few ppl use xp and xp doesn't do anymore updates. Also isn't it true windows 7 won't be doing that much updates anymore or something similar? Thus it will be like windows xp when 7 was out for a while?
Also im aware even windows 8 came out a while back as well. I don't know much about this b/c i been using windows 7 since 2010 and like it. But i think i can try to adjust to 10. But wouldn't eventually people need to change to windows 10 in a few years etc? For example those people who didn't want to use windows 7 and stick to xp, how many people out there still use xp? Probably very little right? I also believe theres no updates at all with windows xp right?
Would i be buying a copy of windows 7 at the repair shop if this? The one reason i don't want to do this is eventually wouldn't 7 be like xp? Thats the issue here.
Hi thanks for the very long response. I had thought it was possible to use another windows 7 key on this dell laptop since i dont use the other one anymore. About the ebay... yes i know what you mean by that. He sells new dell outlet and refurbished though so not all of them are new dell outlet. At the moment from using this laptop, it seems fine. also dont most people buy new laptops on ebay as oppose to say directly? So it probably isnt that bad? I would not buy any refurbished though but the fact that his feedback was pretty much perfect, well i dont mind it.
Yes i would figure more people use xp as oppose to vista. I have tried vista before and i disliked it very much. I actually like XP more than 7. Thus if i could still use xp now, well i use xp.
Last few questions. If i buy windows 7 online, how fast do i typically receive the key? So if i do this route, then i get the key, then bring that key with me to the repair shop and then have the guy install windows 7? Can you explain what you mean there might be room for something shady with clean install? Like they might put something on it like virus etc or what do you mean by that? Or you mean a shady place might take my real windows 7 license and download the counterfeit or shady license? But this would be only if i ask them to install windows 7 as oppose to 10? Thus if i stick with 10, no issue? I'm leaning towards staying with 10 at the moment. Now if i don't have to buy a license for windows 7, well i think i might go with 7. Btw do you know most people who buy new laptops now... most of these computers are windows 10. How much percent of these people you think buy a copy of 7 instead?
I would also assume most people want clean install as oppose to clone? Im bit confused here. The person at the repair shop i go to is very good with computers based on my experience and he is the only person i go to here when im here in the city. Yes if i can do it myself, i definitely would do it. He's a very trustful and smart guy.
Hi there thanks very much for all this information.
Im 100 percent certain i downloaded the windows 7 iso file on my usb before. What you described i did this a while back I had made a copy of this a while back when i did a reinstall of windows 7 on my old asus laptop. I was told to download this a while back. Does it say setup or bootmgr? Im looking at my usb now but i recalled a while back i had this file there but not sure if its in the usb now. I might have deleted it. I recalled it was like 3.8gb if im not mistaken.
Okay im close to 100 percent certain now i want to stick with windows 10. I will ask him about i heard its either clean install or clone and ask him what he recommends. But i will tell him i dont need anything in my ssd so i don't need to back it up and see what he suggests. I would assume he goes with clean install. Also when he does this with my computer, the windows 10 key is there for him to input right? There is no sticker or anything like that on the dell xps 15 so im not sure where they key is... Will head there tomorrow.
Hey man thanks very much for answering all my questions. Yea the windows 7 file is from my usb. I had back then used it to reinstall windows 7 on asus. But not sure if that is still on my usb.
Well the laptop right now is fine and very fast. Of course its because i didnt download anything much. I just downloaded chrome and a few other things like avast. But yes i rather he remove the things Dell put on it. I took a look at the description of my laptop on ebay. Basically only thing it had was a trial version of microsoft office 365 and thats all. So no big deal.
Yes i will ask him about the sticker. Im pretty certain hes well aware of all these things though.
When you say did i activated the new laptop... im assuming the answer to this is yes. I did type my name on it and all those things. I installed few programs and using windows 10 and used chrome to browse websites. So yes.... i activated the new laptop?
Well the ssd should be fine i believe. I will ask him if theres a way for him to test my ssd. But last time when i was there, my other ssd from my asus, i asked him hey does it look okay, he said he could tell just by looking at it... its fine.
Yes he will boot computer up to show me etc. Yes i definitely will take a look at the size occupied on the ssd.