Josh McFarlane
darsant at gmail.com
Mon Nov 14 18:40:20 CST 2005
On 11/14/05, Kath Pelletti <KP at sdsonline.net> wrote: > Josh - I know that you can normally ring MS and get an authorisation code for a 2nd (laptop) install - but I have a feeling that that's NOT an option for an OEM? (I'm trying to get through to MS and ask that question....) > > Surely there are significant limitations for that price diff - (apart from no manuals and no help from MS via phone, which I have never used anyway.) > > ? > Kath For Retail vs OEM Windows, that's the only difference. Just to make it clear, OEM Windows licenses can only be legally installed on one computer at a time. You make the call to them to activate it if you have to change hardware or machines (like if it gets hit by lightning). Installing it on two computers is a no-no. Granted, at the time, retail windows was $159, and OEM was $130-139 in a 3 pack, so the price savings isn't drastic, but any website offering it for under $100 with some spiel about no COA is complete crap. All Windows offer COA, so don't buy without it. -- Josh McFarlane "Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding." -Albert Einstein