Re: OEM vs. Retail

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You are free to upgrade any hardware except the MOBO (except if the MOBO dies) during the life of the install. You may have to re-activate.

"Mick Murphy" <MickMurphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:989E9246-8000-4D5A-94E4-A071019ABB67@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Version wise(Home Premium, etc), there is absolutely no difference between
OEM and Retail.

Once you instal the OEM version, it is tied to that computer for the life of
the computer.
And then the licence dies with the dead computer!
Non-transferable.
And, you are also NOT supposed to upgrade the Hardware during the life of
the computer.
Also, no microsoft support for OEM, lol.

Retail, you can transfer licence to another computer, if the 1st computer
dies, or you decide to upgrade to a better one.
You can also upgrade hardware in original, and reactivate with a phone call.
3 or 6? months support from Microsoft(sorry, I only use OEM!).

And if you buy Retail 32bit, you can get the 64bit version from MS for
postage cost.
OEM 32bit, you have to buy 64bit version.
--
Mad Mike


"DanD" wrote:

Hello all,
I'm building a new computer and was wondering what the difference between
the OEM and Retail version of Vista home premium is?There is a substancial
dollar difference but what else?

Thanks,
DanD




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