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| Thread ID: 51816 | 2004-11-30 18:52:00 | Why buy retail Nero? | Terry Porritt (14) | Press F1 |
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| 298286 | 2004-11-30 18:52:00 | Why pay Euro 69.99, that is about NZ$130, for a retail box of Nero 6, when you can get an OEM Nero 6 bundled with a CD writer for round about $70 or less? Then there is another E9 for delivery. That is, the software is virtually given away free with the hardware. The difference seems too great to account for a manual and packaging. Am I missing something here? Maybe dont answer that :) |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 298287 | 2004-11-30 19:00:00 | Usually the version of Nero 6 that comes with CD Writers is the cut-down Nero Express version. It does the job for most people, but power users would probably be better off with the retail version because it gives you more flexibility. :) | wintertide (1306) | ||
| 298288 | 2004-11-30 19:03:00 | I see, that would explain it. Thanks | Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 298289 | 2004-11-30 19:07:00 | And also the OEM if with a burner, the serial that comes with it, is locked to that burner. Try another burner with the same OEM version and the same serial. It wont work. | Spacemannz (808) | ||
| 298290 | 2004-11-30 20:00:00 | >And also the OEM if with a burner, the serial that comes with it, is locked to that burner. Try another burner with the same OEM version and the same serial. It wont work. That's a new one on me. I've never had any problems using OEM's with different burners |
45South (4769) | ||
| 298291 | 2004-11-30 20:02:00 | Well used to be the case then. Maybe not now | Spacemannz (808) | ||
| 298292 | 2004-11-30 20:04:00 | >That's a new one on me. I've never had any problems using OEM's with different burners That certainly happened for me - I had Nero bundled with one nasty burner, and when I later upgraded, Nero wouldn't work with the new burner - it wouldn't recognise it. So I shelled out for the retail version because it was far better than the software that came with the new burner. |
John H (8) | ||
| 298293 | 2004-11-30 20:10:00 | >Why pay Euro 69.99, that is about NZ$130, for a retail box of Nero 6, when you can get an OEM Nero 6 bundled with a CD writer for round about $70 or less? >Then there is another E9 for delivery. Terry, I was pretty sure I downloaded it from the Nero site for less than that, so I have just checked, and the prices are quite a bit less than you quote (unless you want an original CD set plus manual). Here is the web site with prices, including upgrade possibilities. You pay much less for a serial number: Nero prices (secure.nero.com) |
John H (8) | ||
| 298294 | 2004-11-30 20:14:00 | Yup, everybody is right :) The OEM version that comes bundled with most CD-RW is the Nero Express -sort of like the XP Home edition for brand PCs. While it will be sufficient for most people, it is certainly not up to the expectations of power users who like to re-configure and personalise everything. In some cases, the serial on your optical drive will need to be matched with the number in the actual software. However, I have found with the software bundled in my latest purchase of an Asus QuietTrack (pretty loud actually) 52x32x 32x, that I can actually insert a new serial code in the software. So far, confused as to what the means -will find out. Does anyone know? | ~~~~~ s y ~~~~~ (2054) | ||
| 298295 | 2004-11-30 20:45:00 | When your purchase new nero modules(theres many of them that add more features to the basic program) you have to enter in the new serial provided. As for that Asus drive,should be very quiet,i would keep an eye on it(or ear).... |
metla (154) | ||
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