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From: willbill on 9 Apr 2010 19:51 Windows 7 oem vs retail Can the less expensive oem version be installed by a DIY person like me? I'm interested in the 64 bit Pro version of Win 7 due to it's lower cost; recently $140 from Newegg Is a separately purchased key or something else like that needed? I mean in addition to the Win 7 disc itself. Bill
From: Robert Myers on 10 Apr 2010 00:02 On Apr 9, 7:51 pm, willbill <p...(a)onNG.net> wrote: > Windows 7 oem vs retail > > Can the less expensive oem version be > installed by a DIY person like me? > > I'm interested in the 64 bit Pro version of Win 7 > due to it's lower cost; recently $140 from Newegg > > Is a separately purchased key or something else > like that needed? > > I mean in addition to the Win 7 disc itself. In theory, at least, an OEM version can be installed on only one machine--ever. The retail version can be installed on only one machine--at a time. That's the only difference. Robert.
From: Ar Q on 13 Apr 2010 01:12 "Robert Myers" <rbmyersusa(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:de6d4b28-a1b2-4da2-866e-2fc9ee93cacb(a)z3g2000yqz.googlegroups.com... On Apr 9, 7:51 pm, willbill <p...(a)onNG.net> wrote: > Windows 7 oem vs retail > > Can the less expensive oem version be > installed by a DIY person like me? > > I'm interested in the 64 bit Pro version of Win 7 > due to it's lower cost; recently $140 from Newegg > > Is a separately purchased key or something else > like that needed? > > I mean in addition to the Win 7 disc itself. In theory, at least, an OEM version can be installed on only one machine--ever. The retail version can be installed on only one machine--at a time. That's the only difference. Robert. ~~~ I bought a 32 bit Pro version of Win 7 from EBay. Only spent $56. Have no problem at all. If it is a fresh installation (not upgrade from Windows Vista, and it is one time thing (you won't install on another machine using this copy), you should buy OEM. And you should buy from EBay because you are buying from end users who have copies they don't want, instead of retail stores like Newegg which will charge you full OEM price. Note that some OEM like Dell and Acer put only one copy on the disk (32 bits or 64 bits) and the other OEM like Toshiba and Sony put both copy (32bits and 64bits) on one disk.
From: Nate Edel on 13 Apr 2010 15:44 Ar Q <ArthurQ283(a)hottmail.com> wrote: > If it is a fresh installation (not upgrade from Windows Vista, and it is > one time thing (you won't install on another machine using this copy), > you should buy OEM. And you should buy from EBay because you are buying > from end users who have copies they don't want, instead of retail stores > like Newegg which will charge you full OEM price. This will often result in a license violation (even in the "spirit of the thing" sense) as plenty of these are OEM disk copies coming from machines with preinstalled "royalty OEM" versions that did not need activation with the serial number you're "buying" from them. Which is not to say it won't work. -- Nate Edel http://www.cubiclehermit.com/ preferred email | is "nate" at the | "I do have a cause, though. It's obscenity. I'm posting domain | for it."
From: willbill on 30 Apr 2010 12:50
Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:44:28 -0700, archmage(a)sfchat.org (Nate Edel) wrote: > Ar Q <ArthurQ283(a)hottmail.com> wrote: >> If it is a fresh installation (not upgrade from Windows Vista, and it is >> one time thing (you won't install on another machine using this copy), >> you should buy OEM. And you should buy from EBay because you are buying >> from end users who have copies they don't want, instead of retail stores >> like Newegg which will charge you full OEM price. > This will often result in a license violation (even in the "spirit of the > thing" sense) as plenty of these are OEM disk copies coming from machines > with preinstalled "royalty OEM" versions that did not need activation with > the serial number you're "buying" from them. > > Which is not to say it won't work. Sorry that I didn't respond earlier to this; as I had my boot HDD fail on my main machine, and then discovered I'd been lax in doing full back ups. :( It also prompted me to finally move away from Seamonkey to Firefox/Thunderbird and I've still some issues with both, but that's not on topic to this thread. Anyhow, both I and the most computer saavy of my 3 friends recently bought oem DVD discs of Win7 64 bit; and he couldn't get it (oem) to install and gave the vendor hell and actually got them to give him a full refund even though he'd opened the package (he bought using PayPal). He then bought oem from TigerDirect, but only after getting a *verbal* promise that their oem disc was different. <grin> He then (!) called me up that night for my input! I told him it was likely the same thing. :) Which is exactly what happened. He then called up TigerDirect (he does a fair amount of business with them (over Newegg)), and gave them absolute hell over it, and did another full refund (disc unopened this time). I suspected, and still suspect, that he simply did something wrong on his install process. If I'm wrong then I may be screwed because my own purchase from Newegg was more than 30 days ago. Bill ...and still earlier RM was 2st to respond to OP with: >> "Robert Myers" <rbmyersusa(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> On Apr 9, 7:51 pm, willbill wrote: >>>> Windows 7 oem vs retail >>>> >>>> Can the less expensive oem version be >>>> installed by a DIY person like me? >>>> >>>> I'm interested in the 64 bit Pro version of Win 7 >>>> due to it's lower cost; recently $140 from Newegg >>>> >>>> Is a separately purchased key or something else >>>> like that needed? >>>> >>>> I mean in addition to the Win 7 disc itself. >>> In theory, at least, an OEM version can be installed on only one >>> machine--ever. The retail version can be installed on only one >>> machine--at a time. >>> >>> That's the only difference. |