Re: Use my original COA ( CD-KEY) in my Toshiba laptop
- From: "AllanF" <not.known@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 22:03:55 +1000
Jaime,
I don't know how much you paid for your Media center PC if you have one.
Mine was the most expensive Laptop on the General Consumer Market at the
time. Over US$300 more than others with similar specs. Admittedly, mine had
a TV Tuner and IR Remote.
Are you trying to justify that none of the money I spent went towards some
form of Support? Apart from the lack of functionality such as Slipstreaming,
OS Repair, Partitioning, etc, Support seems to be the principal difference.
There was a One-Year Warranty from the Computer Manufacturer which was
pretty meaningless when all the faults were OS-related and the only response
was to Reinstall the OS from the Recovery Disc.
AFAIK, there is no Support provided with the only other alternative, the
so-called OEM Version. So where is the difference in cost?
"Jaime" <nospamfor-jaimelobo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Allan,
I did point out earlier that one key difference in Licenses is cost. An OS
license puchased with a pre-built PC is literally pennies on the dollar
compared to the $300 you might pay for a full a retail copy. So why would
you expect to have the same rights, that you would with the retail copy.
Maybe if enough people felt that they would like a full license with their
new Dell or Sony or whatever, the manufacturers would make the option
available with their new PC, but I thnk very few people would be willing
to pay $100 more for their system.
--
James
Orlando (Goofy says "Hey!"), FL
"AllanF" <not.known@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Nigel,
The substantial difference in Licenses has not been pointed out. You did
respond to an earlier enquiry, but the OEM License must accompany
hardware (at least in theory)... no different to the EULA. I assume that
there must be a difference in terms, and I'm glad you picked up on my
rant. Perhaps you can point me in the direction of a copy of the Licence
issued separately that you mention. In my searching, I've hit a few
locks:
http://www.microsoft.com/oem/sblicense/Licensing_AntiPiracy.mspx
"Nigel Barker" <nigel@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:27:55 +1000, "AllanF" <not.known@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
It is disgraceful that MS and the
Manufacturer force you to pay for a Brand-New Licence, even though you
paid
for the Exact-Same Licence when you purchased the Media Center Computer.
It's probably been pointed out by others but you did not buy the
'Exact-Same Licence' when you buy
the license with a computer as when you buy the license separately.
--
Cheers
Nigel Barker
Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur
MCE MVP
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