"Wolf K" wrote

| The ISO is free. I hve one on this box. The key is what costs. I would
| buy a key only from MS, or buy the ISO plus key from a legitimate
| reseller such as Newegg:
|
|
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-804-_-Product
|
| A 2nd-hand key may work if it was bought by an end-user, because you can
| transfer the licence if you do a hardware upgrade. However, an OEM key
| will definitely not work.
|

I'm not talking about a second-hand key or
questionable sources. That's why I'm asking
this question. I want the cheapest way
to get legitimate Win7, perhaps buying just
the key to save money. But I want to know
whether sites selling just the key are selling
legitimate keys.

Samples:

https://softwareempire.com/product/w...um-sp1-64-bit/

http://www.softwareking.com/microsof...Speed=noscript

The NewEgg link shows no price. Apparently
they'll only show a price if I enable script and
let them figure out who I am. (Staples is
another one like that.) I prefer not to do business
with such people.

The sites I'm looking at are advertising prices
in the $40-$70 range. Buying an OEM disk, by
contrast, seems to cost more like $140. I'm
planning to buy parts for a new box from
Tigerdirect, but their prices for Windows are
high:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...?EdpNo=5213932