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1184908 2011-03-10 02:44:00 Whats the difference between the OEM of Windows 7 Home Prem and the other version of Win7?

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QW. (15883)
1184909 2011-03-10 02:45:00 OEM should only be sold with the purchase of a new PC (or certain component types), and in theory the license is non-transferrable. inphinity (7274)
1184910 2011-03-10 02:50:00 OEM is also cheaper as well as what inphinity said. pctek (84)
1184911 2011-03-10 03:40:00 And Microsoft won't support you, if you ever decide to call them, you have to go back to where you bought the OEM version from. CYaBro (73)
1184912 2011-03-10 07:17:00 So it looks like I will have to buy Win7 from somewhere else. What about an upgrade version? QW. (15883)
1184913 2011-03-10 07:19:00 Upgrade from what OS to Win7? Speedy Gonzales (78)
1184914 2011-03-10 07:20:00 From windows XP to win7 QW. (15883)
1184915 2011-03-10 07:44:00 The upgrade to W7 from XP is not always a good Idea, If xp has any faults it will usually be transfered to W7, sometimes it also wont work and all turns to rubbish, a fresh install is better.

The upgrade versions are also more expensive than OEM.
wainuitech (129)
1184916 2011-03-10 11:00:00 Would it be possible to find Vista for sale? QW. (15883)
1184917 2011-03-10 17:57:00 ... and in theory the license is non-transferrable.

I never knew any MS OS's were transferrable. I thought once installed on a computer it had to stay on it and could not be used on a different pc. What are the details of 'transference'?
Strommer (42)
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