Re: which version to buy?
From: Ken Blake (kblake_at_this.is.an.invalid.domain)
Date: 08/13/04
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Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 17:11:08 -0700
In news:50c601c480c1$7ce432f0$a301280a@phx.gbl,
sara <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> Thank you, Ken.
You're welcome. Glad to help.
> So if I buy an OEM version, I cannot buy
> an additional liscence and install it on another
> computer?
Correct, but as I said, an additional license wouldn't be a good
del anyway.
> So is this attached to my hard drive? eg. If my
> hard drive needs to be replaced, would I have to buy XP
> again?
How much you have to change before it's considered a new computer
is a gray area, but I certainly wouldn't call changing the hard
drive a new computer.
-- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup >>-----Original Message----- >>In news:55a801c480ba$865dc0a0$a601280a@phx.gbl, >>sara <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> typed: >> >>> allready have XP home on one PC so what is difference >>> between XP Home 'full version,OEM, and liscence only'? >> >> >>The OEM version can only legally be sold with hardware, >>although >>these days, any piece of hardware, even a power cord, >>qualifies. >>Although if you get a complete generic OEM version, it contains >>the same software, it has the following disadvantages as >>compared >>with the retail version: >> >>1. Its license ties it permanently to the first computer it's >>installed on. It can never legally be moved to another >>computer, >>sold, or given away. >> >>2. It can only do a clean installation, not an upgrade. >> >>3. Microsoft provides no support for OEM versions. You can't >>call >>them with a problem, but instead have to get any needed support >>from your OEM; that support may range anywhere between good and >>non-existent. Or you can get support elsewhere, such as in >>these >>newsgroups. >> >>If you buy only a license, it's the same as a retail version, >>but >>you don't get a CD. It's not generally a good deal. The problem >>is that Microsoft sells additional licenses at only a small >>savings over the list price. You're almost certainly better off >>just buying a complete second copy from a discount source. >> >> >>-- >>Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User >>Please reply to the newsgroup >> >> >>.
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