Re: What is the difference between factory installed and retail version of Vista ?

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From: Mike Torello <torellom@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:23:53 -0500

mopar <guest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Can anyone tell me the difference between the factory installed version
and the retail version of Vista home Premium?

Functionally, no difference.

Transferability from one machine to another... factory installed
can't, but the retail version can.
.

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