Do you use fake windows or legit?

United States
January 14, 2010 7:24am CST
Hey im wond3r here who paid for their windows?? or who just donwload it form a torrent an burn it in a cd then installed?? well i did that i have the fakes ones they free lol... i have the xp on my old destok then i have vista on my laptop and i have win 7 in the new 1.... i prefer fake because it donst come with garbage programs.... and it give you more hard drive??? What do you prefer a original 1 or a fake1??
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• India
14 Jan 10
pirated windows .there is no genuine windows available for free from any shops
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• United States
15 Jan 10
just remember that while fake may be cheap, it will eventually prevent you from downloading all critical windows updates which can put your computer at risk. I had it happen on one machine, its called the windows authenticity verification tool. buy an inexpensive machine with windows installed and you will save yourself a lot of time and money.
@lazerm (478)
• United States
16 Jan 10
are you kidding me? the last time I downloaded an update off of the microsoft windows update website, my laptop got a virus! it was destroyed!I advise people to completely shut down windows update- better be safe than sorry.
@lazerm (478)
• United States
30 Jan 10
it was a legit version of windows and it was the real microsoft website. I'll never be fooled by microsofts update website again!
• United States
16 Jan 10
You must not be using some form of virus scan on your fake windows OS.. any machine now a days MUST have some form of Antivirus. With high speed internet being so commonplace in peoples homes either free or paid pptions will protect your computer from nasty attacks... and as for the virus from an update? did you actually download from Microsofts site or a hacked site that came with your fake version of windows? You must have very little computer experience if you are telling people to turn off their Windows updates because the updates are there to improve the security of your PC by repairing holes and other security threats that are found.
@marguicha (223863)
• Chile
14 Jan 10
I haven´t met a person that has legit windows. Maybe Banks, institutions and such have it. But how could we pay for it? It is expensove and does not give any extra thing that pirated windows give. If Bill Gates was a pauper, I would consider on buying it. As it is, I only hope he gets a divorce and asks me to marry him with no prenuptial agreement Pirated goods exist when there is not a fair distribution of wealth. Welcome to mylot!
• United States
14 Jan 10
lol hey a question.. its izibux yours?
@marguicha (223863)
• Chile
14 Jan 10
I have the link. Do you want it? Do you want to trade sites?
• Pamplona, Spain
19 Jan 10
Hiya lightdiamond, No we use Windows Vista Legit for want of a better word as I do not care much for Windows Vista so I hope Windows Seven is better than the last one. If I knew how to do it all download it and set it up I suppose I would use it. Have a great Day anyway.
• Pamplona, Spain
19 Jan 10
Hiya lightdiamond, This is a PS: Would like to add that if it is an ilegal download then I would´nt be using it as I don´t care for pirated things but then I am no one to judge anyone else maybe those other people are in desperate circumstances that we can never get to imagine.
@MrKennedy (1978)
14 Jan 10
Legit because it was pre-installed onto my laptop. It is annoying because it gives you a bunch of rubbish programmes you do not want but cannot install, or trials of helpful software that you actually need to shell out large sums of money for
• United States
14 Jan 10
lol i know its like some computer come with antiviruse and all that and you canot unistall them, and they use some space in you hard drive, and some stff you dont use and using your memory.. I prefer fake because it comes plain :D
@nautilus33 (1827)
14 Jan 10
I think there are maybe only several people on mylot, who use a legit windows for its computers!
• Bulgaria
15 Jan 10
on the computer i work , all the soft is ligit , not because i wan it , i need to be like that
@GardenGerty (160998)
• United States
14 Jan 10
I have the windows xp that came with my computer, and that is how I prefer it. Which do you like best, xp, vista or 7?
• United States
14 Jan 10
Xp for it performence, vista and w7 beause of it graphyc resolution and gaming devopement
@TheCatLady (4691)
• Israel
16 Jan 10
When I bought my new computer the guy asked me if I have a legitimate windows disk. I have several windows disks starting from the beginning of time, but not windows 7. I wanted Windows 7 and didn't have a disk, so I had to buy it. It is expensive, but I had no choice. The computer store sure won't put in a fake system and get in trouble, loose their business and go to jail.
@gazza555 (36)
15 Jan 10
Thats false dichotomy, I have not used windows on my home PC since the days of windows 98SE. Linux for me all the way. Ubuntu Linux is great for non-geeks and for geeks there is Arch Linux. I recommend Ubuntu to a new users as it is very easy to install and comes with lots of free software. The menu system is excellent as is the method of installing new software (just select the software you want to install from list and it dowloads and installs it for you and places an item in the nicely categorized menu system).
@stiener (735)
• Singapore
15 Jan 10
I think I am becoming more incline towards using a Original copy for the Windows to come. They will need to lower the prices for Windows 7 first.
@scififan43 (2434)
• United States
18 Jan 10
My labtop uses windows xp, it was all ready instuled in the computer. I will never use anyting that is not legit. the origal is the only thing I will get.
@blocker (23)
• United States
15 Jan 10
I have a legit copy of every OS (just about). I do computer work and programming, and most of the software I have to do that legally will not work on a pirated copy of windows. Yes, If I got the pirated version of the software it would probably work, but then I would not be able to legally sale my software or services. I do not condone piracy, but I can see why some prefer to be pirates.
@iharidh (308)
• Indonesia
14 Jan 10
I actually buy a dvd in a store only to find out that the windows inside it is a demo version LOL.
• Bulgaria
14 Jan 10
hah , i have 2 originals , one win7 and one vista , both are ultimate x64 bit and have one vista pirate copy and 3 XP , again pirate , i work on original XP in the office and in XP don't see difference , but in vista , I'm glad they give it to me free whit one of my laptops , there is a difference in stability and resource usage of windows vista ( i hope not just for me) cuz i try it whit 32bit fake for now xp pro is the best, classic who want to be one place downed in rating by win7 if you have 1gigs of ram and one of middle class videos just run it and enjoy it, another is unix , linux based OSs , just look on mac tiger X os for IBM computers and you'll be amazed what can do people for money and piece of the market :)
• India
14 Jan 10
hey lightdiamond.. that is a very good question buddy.. i bet there would be no more that 10% from all over the world who are using legit windows.. and everybody else would be using fake or pirated windows.. who would be that much dumb to use a costly windows if you are getting it for no cost..?? i would also prefer fake windows only..!!
• United States
14 Jan 10
well i use fake but the posibilitys to get cought and you can go to jail for that too! so its iligial :D but its cheaper lol....
• India
15 Jan 10
I prefer the original one even though i have a fake windows vista in my pc and a original xp in my laptop..i think that original give you the option of having updates directly from the website which would help you in having a secured and updated os,but whereas in the duplicate you will not be able to install the service pack and you will not be able to get nice benefits from the site which a original will get... Happy Mylotting
@apples99 (6556)
• United States
14 Jan 10
My windows came with my computer when I bought it and I've updated it with windows 8 from yahoo my windows is legit not fake.
• Estonia
14 Jan 10
I prefer genuine one and I also have a genuine Windows XP installed on my PC. I like it because I can then use new Windows Media Player.
@lazerm (478)
• United States
14 Jan 10
not only do I have a pirated version of windows xp, but I steal internet from a nearby wireless network! take that bill gates and internet providers!
@monkeylong (3139)
• Guangzhou, China
15 Jan 10
Frankly speaking , my computer just has the fake window @XP, which I use for so convienent. I enjoy the window@XP so much. Fake it is , iit still can do a lot of job as the original one. Maybe I want a original one , but when I bought the computer from the storre , it just provide me with the fake window@XP.I am so sorry to hear that.But when I use it for a lot time , I think it is just OK for me.Happy mylot.
• India
15 Jan 10
I am using a fake windows 7.. You wont get caught if you dont update your windows through internet.. So never update your windows..