[fireduke86]

Originally Posted by musiclover

I gotten my Ultimate Win 7 from City Square just yesterday. Maybe I should start installing the Window now. Look hassle free. no need to do first boot up. Let's hope my 50gb for Window is ok!

Hi, I presume it's the retail pack that you have had gotten.Mind sharing how much you got it for? Thank you.

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[1-1-09]

It has been a month since I started this thread to inform members of the cheap price of Windows 7 Home Premium Retail Box Full Version (SE Asia Edition) in JB (Thunder Match of Landmark Mall). I shall hereby provide further update on the following issues:

1. Stock and sale status.
2. The membership thingy (of Thunder Match).

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Stock and Sale Status (of Thunder Match)

Since this morning, the retail version of Home Premium and Ultimate are both out of stock. The other 2 JB branches of Thunder Match are also out of stock.

The staff in Thunder Match has confirmed that the shop will not replenish the stock within the next 2 weeks, and realistically new stock may not be available until next year. So within the next 2 weeks, it is pointless for members to go there specifically to buy the retail version of Windows 7.

I was curious as to how many hundred or thousand copies of the retail version have been sold, presumably to Singaporeans. (I suspect Malaysians to be less keen on this offer as Lowyat net members posted that up to the first week of this thread, the total sale of Home Premium retail box in MY was only 800 copies, which may have included the 200 to 300 copies being offered at RM370 during the launch events at the various locations of MY.)

I have to LOL with my "expectation" lor. The staff told me that the shop has s far sold a total of 15 copies of Home Premium and 1 copy (I can't even use the plural "copies") of Ultimate.

I feel that the low sale volume will continue to exert pressure on Microsoft to keep the price low. Members may like to know that the official RRP for Home Premium was RM525. It dropped (unofficially?) to RM480 during the launch event at KL and then to RM449 one week later during the launch event at JB (the start of this thread).

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Membership Thingy (of Thunder Match)

Some HWZ members who bought from the shop have reported the need to sign up membership (RM20) while some bought earlier did not have to. Buying from the shop at KL Plaza Lowyat and KL PC show (the Microsoft booth was operated by Thunder Match) also does not need to sign up membership.

I sought clarification from the shop. The staff told me that since late Nov 09, its price of the Home Premium has dropped to RM399, which was supposed to be a special offer to their members. Some of our locals bought it before the official announcement of "special offer for members", and were therefore not asked to sign up membership. On the other hand, the membership thingy is not strictly enforced in Plaza Lowyat and KL PC show due to keen competition.

Anyway, even with RM20 of membership fee, the price of Home Premium (RM399 + RM20) is still among the lowest in MY. For Ultimate (RM769), some KL shops are however selling at lower price (as low as RM725). (There is no need to sign up membership for buying the Ultimate version as it is not a special offer to members.)

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JB PC Show

The JB PC show will be held from this Friday to this Sunday at the JB Convention Hall (one street away, about 1 to 2 minutes of walking distance from City Square).

I would appreciate those going to the JB PC show to help in posting the price of the Windows 7 during the show. The Home Premium was going at RM379 at the Penang PC show last week.

[HumsterMKII]

Gonna get a friend to help me get Win 7 pro Retail from Malaysia (>...< hopefully (>...<

So confirm can active right?

[1-1-09]

Originally Posted by HumsterMKII

Gonna get a friend to help me get Win 7 pro Retail from Malaysia (>...< hopefully (>...<

So confirm can active right?

AFAIK, the retail version in MY is only limited to Home Premium and Ultimate. The reason for not having Professional could be due to its narrow price gap with the Ultimate (see post#2 and see Bell pricelist).

For activation, so far no one has reported to encounter the problem of "unable to activate". But some have to use phone activation. Don't know what is the breakdown between internet activation and phone activation, and don't know how this breakdown (for the SE Asia version) compares to the locally purchased version.

In any case, it is always good to do a backup of the activation (after activation) other than the backup of the OS drive image. The backup of the activation will be handy in case of the need to do a fresh installation of the OS when outside SE Asia.

From this article, the backup involves only 2 files for the 32-bit Windows 7 and 3 files for the 64-bit Windows 7. The re-activation (without using internet and phone) is also quite simple. This will be the first thing that I will try when I install the Windows 7 in the near future.

(Note: I would suggest to do manual backup and re-activation instead of using unvalidated software mentioned in the article.)

[1-1-09]

JB PC Fair Offer on Retail Box of Windows 7

Date: 11 Dec 09 - 13 Dec 09
Location: JB PC Fair, JB Convention Hall


Grex Multimedia, booth J35

Ultimate - RM699
Home Premium - RM429

(Can also buy from their City Square shop at the same price during this period.)


Thunder Match, booth J12

Ultimate - Not available
Home Premium - RM399 (no membership required)

(The shop at Landmark Mall is closed during this period, so can only buy from the PC show.)
(The stock is from KL office. I suspect the stock will be brought back to KL after the JB PC show.)


1-1-09 reporting live from JB. The internet speed is very very slow. It took 15 minutes for me to navigate to this thread. Logging off now.

[tekster]

nice! thanks for the updates. anyone hooted anything from jb pc fair?

[1-1-09]

Just a further update on the stock status of Ultimate at Grex Multimedia.

The shop sale staff has helped to check and confirmed that, as of 8 pm tonight, there are only 4 copies in the shop. He is not sure of the stock status at the PC show.

I think the prices of RM399 for Home Premium from Thunder Match and RM699 for Ultimate from Grey Multimedia are quite attractive. We may not have such a low price in the near future (JB PC fair is held once every 4 months). Members may want to consider these good offers.

[1-1-09]

Originally Posted by tekster

nice! thanks for the updates. anyone hooted anything from jb pc fair?

Ask Sen lor, he usually has many lobangs to recommend.

To me, nothing attractive. No SLC thumb drive (last PC show was at a fantastic price of RM22 for 2 GB SLC). My CPUs cannot support Windows 7 XP mode and it is no point for me to buy W7 Ultimate.

Noticeably missing from the Microsoft range of Windows 7 products is the upgrade pack for upgrading W7 Home Premium to W7 Ultimate. Without it, some users of W7 Home Premium may eventually go for Hmm Ultimate (Hmm = Home-Made) when they want more features.

[baobao]

is there anymore rm399 Home Premium win7 at the pc fair ? tmr mayb wanan chiong down with my fren to get lol...btw the covention centre near custom anot ?

[1-1-09]

Yes, there is stock of RM399 Home Premium.

How to get to the JB PC fair, by walking:

1. After clearing the MY custom, follow the crowd to walk to City Square (quite easy walking, about 5 minutes).

2. After crossing the overhead bridge and before entering into City Square, move to the right side and look across City Square, you will be able to see the Convention Hall (the PC fair) which is behind the tall Public Bank building opposite City Square.

3. Enter City Square. You will be at level 3.

4. Take the escalator down to level 2.

5. Turn to the right and follow the signboard of "Jalan Wong Ah Fook" which leads to an overhead bridge to cross Jalan Wong Ah Fook.

6. Take the left stair of the overhead bridge to get down to the tall Public Bank building.

7. Cut across from the right side of Public Bank building (which is a sheltered walkway).

8. Use the zebra crossing to cross the road to the Convention Hall. Please note that the cars there do not respect zebra crossing as what our cars do.


Once you go through the main entrance of PC Fair, the Thunder Match selling the RM399 Home Premium is the second store on the left side of the main entrance.

Grex Multimedia selling the RM699 Ultimate in on the extreme right row at the middle of the hall.

[baobao]

Thx for the direction bro !!!

[[K]EwELL]

hooooooooooooot...... thats good too bad i got mine already from pc themes.

[eurofunk]

699 for ultimate seems to be for OEM, not retail as seen on one of the pricelist....

[vaporXXXX]

any bus from JB to Land Mark Mall? how much retail version in JB? which shop?

[1-1-09]

Originally Posted by vaporXXXX

any bus from JB to Land Mark Mall? how much retail version in JB? which shop?

If you take SG bus (SBS 160, SBS 170 and SMRT 950) to JB, after clearing the JB custom, just continue to take the same SG bus to Kota Raya bus terminal (but don't take the white pate SBS 170 as it goes to Larkin bus terminal).

Up reaching the Kota Raya bus terminal, Landmark Mall is the tall building along the heading of the bus.

Thunder Match at 4th floor of Landmark Mall has the cheapest price for the retail version of W7 Home Premium. It is currently at RM399 with RM10 of membership fee (dropping from RM20 after the PC show). I checked with the shop on its stock status during the middle of last week. It had 15 copies in the shop (the shop staff seemed to have provided wrong info previously).

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I would like to take this opportunity to caution members on the high crime rate in JB. I used to take it for granted until I surfed their sub-forum on crimes in JB.

According to their members, the few days before festive seasons, e.g. now, has a high rate of robbery. The robbers can be of any race (I was quite surprised to read that many robbers are Chinese, and some are Indians).

Personally, I would feel safer to walk from City Square to Landmark Mall, as compared to taking a bus to Kota Raya and walking from the bus terminal to Landmark Mall. The bus terminal has a few food stalls and you won't know who is sitting there eyeing at you.