Mayayana wrote:
"Paul" wrote
| Can you chop up an MSDN Subscription and make
| license keys that cheaply ? That's what we'd
| want to know. There has to be some lower limit
| where they stop making money.

MSDN license is not valid. It technically only
gives one the right to test software.

The page says the keys are coming from
"decommissioned PCs". That's also not valid
except with the full license. Not with OEM.
In other words, a full license can be resold but
OEM cannot.

It can be valid if it's an unused/unsold key.
Dell, HP, etc have always sold leftover disks/
licenses and that's perfectly legal. It gets a bit
sticky as to whether you have a right to act as
an OEM. I think they officially made that legal at
one point and then reneged. But I've never heard
of them acting on any claim that it's not legal.

This Amazon ad is selling Pro OEM for $200.

https://www.amazon.com/Windows-Profe.../dp/B00H09BOXQ

I'd expect Home to be maybe $100 or $120 in that
case. (Pro really is a waste of money.)
Maybe there are cheaper options, but $15
pounds sounds fishy to me.

On Windows 7, you buy Pro for the memory license.

More modern Windows SKUs aren't as much of a problem.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win...mits_windows_7

Version x86 x64

Windows 7 Ultimate 4 GB 192 GB
Windows 7 Enterprise 4 GB 192 GB
Windows 7 Professional 4 GB 192 GB
Windows 7 Home Premium 4 GB 16 GB === 32GB machine needs better license
Windows 7 Home Basic 4 GB 8 GB
Windows 7 Starter 2 GB 2 GB

It's still relatively difficult to get 128GB on
a so-called desktop or workstation. ThreadRipper
could have supported 1TB, but they dumbed it down
to 8x16GB as far as I know. This prevents desktop
motherboards from encroaching on lucrative server
motherboard space.

Paul