"Paul" wrote

| Has anyone bought the Win7 ISOs online?
| Places advertise $40-$50 for an ISO download
| of the install disk and an activation code. It
| seems like a very good deal but I want to make
| sure it's legitimate.
|
| The only rational suggestion I could find
| on this, is someone said there were people
| buying an MSDN subscription, and then
| "parting out" the OS installer DVDs from
| the subscription. I don't know what is
| bundled in an MSDN subscription, to see
| if that lines up with the pricing or not.
|

I figured that maybe it was just the basic
OEM cost, since the cost of making/shipping
the DVD is removed. An MSDN subscription
includes all OSs, I think, but only licensed for
testing use.
I was just hoping that maybe someone has
had experience with key-only purchase and
could perhaps suggest a reputable site.