On 3/3/2012 9:10 AM, Dominique wrote:
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Just a question regarding OEM Windows.
Right now i use a OEM but i was reading that OEM is bound to
particular hardware. That would mean that i can not install this OEM
on a new pc.
Is this true? If i knew that i would have bought the fullversion which
wasn't even that much more expensive.

A system builder OEM is not tied to hardware because MS has no way to know
which hardware it will be.

OTOH a branded OEM (Dell, HP, Acer, etc), could be tied to the BIOS.

Transferring a system builder OEM to new hardware will work if there is
enough time between the two installations but you'll be breaching the terms
of the licence and it's illegal.

This is all good and well from Microsoft's (or other developers) point
of view. But I often wonder why nobody ever mentions the injustice from
the consumers point of view?

As I have been burned many times by Microsoft and other software
developers. And lots of them offer a 30 day money back if you are
dissatisfied with their product.

Well I have taken up their offer dozens of times and I never ever got my
money back. Not once in decades of computer use. So what is the deal
with that? I've lost thousands of dollars from this nonsense over the
years. And I see nobody protecting the consumer about this problem.

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Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Thunderbird v3.0
Centrino Core2 Duo 2GHz - 1.5GB - Windows 7