Since the release of Windows 7 I have been looking to buy one of the 64-bit OS'. I went onto newegg and found that their OEM version is much cheaper than the full, but I have a question:
What is the main difference between the newegg OEM and retail full?
How does Newegg make their OEM restricted to your system, if you were building it from scratch?
Get the OEM version. The only difference is just like every other OEM product, it doesn't come with the manuals and extra shit.
OEM just comes without manuals and shit. I always buy OEM.
OEM or Upgrade, whichever you can get cheaper.
OEM is restricted to the motherboard it is installed on.
Yeah, get the OEM version if it's cheaper. I don't think there's nothing technically different between OEM and retail, although I ordered the retail version from Play.com and all the versions of Home premium were priced the same.
get OEM. the difference is retail costs more and has things you dont need.
[QUOTE=TrafficMan;17978595]OEM is restricted to the motherboard it is installed on.[/QUOTE]
MS lets you move it to a new motherboard if you call in or if you wait long enough between upgrades.
[QUOTE=Roast Beast;17978918]MS lets you move it to a new motherboard if you call in or[b] if you wait long enough between upgrades.[/b][/QUOTE]
explain please.
[QUOTE=BananasGoMoo;17978943]explain please.[/QUOTE]
In my experience if you wait a few months (3 or 4) before installing an OEM version of Windows on a new motherboard then automatic activation will work without you having to phone it in.
Of course this was on XP, they might have changed it for Vista / 7.
[url=http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.php]This article[/url] talks about it, though I don't know how accurate it is.
[QUOTE=Roast Beast;17979127]In my experience if you wait a few months (3 or 4) before installing an OEM version of Windows on a new motherboard then automatic activation will work without you having to phone it in.
Of course this was on XP, they might have changed it for Vista / 7.
[url=http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/wpa.php]This article[/url] talks about it, though I don't know how accurate it is.[/QUOTE]
interesting. so if i leave my pc the same for like 2 years, and then replace the mobo, it'll let me use the same code? or did i misread it?
[QUOTE=BananasGoMoo;17979262]interesting. so if i leave my pc the same for like 2 years, and then replace the mobo, it'll let me use the same code? or did i misread it?[/QUOTE]
Yeah that's it, though if you change the mobo too soon you can still use your key, you just have to go through the hassle of phoning it in.
[QUOTE=Roast Beast;17979335]Yeah that's it, though if you change the mobo too soon you can still use your key, you just have to go through the hassle of phoning it in.[/QUOTE]
cool stuff.
i probably won't upgrade for a while, so im glad i got OEM then.
Also my OEM version of XP Pro didnt come with MS tech support for free :( So i doubt Windows 7 will.
OEM = No support from MS
Retail = Support from MS
Really the only difference.
Get the upgrade and google how to use it as clean install.
Also OEM gets permanently bound to your PC. If you try to put it on a different PC or even change the configuration of your PC enough (i.e. new motherboard/cpu and stuff) the activation will be rejected. I don't really care as, by the time I get a new PC I'll probably have to get Windows 8 or something.
I'm personally getting the Retail as I'm building a new rig around Spring-Summer next year.
Ask yourself: Are you building a new computer soon?
Yes: Get Retail.
No: Get OEM.
[QUOTE=BmB;18006305]Also OEM gets permanently bound to your PC. If you try to put it on a different PC or even change the configuration of your PC enough (i.e. new motherboard/cpu and stuff) the activation will be rejected. I don't really care as, by the time I get a new PC I'll probably have to get Windows 8 or something.[/QUOTE]
I rate you book for not reading the whole thread.
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[QUOTE=Ibutsu;18006550]I'm personally getting the Retail as I'm building a new rig around Spring-Summer next year.
Ask yourself: Are you building a new computer soon?
Yes: Get Retail.
No: Get OEM.[/QUOTE]
You too.
[QUOTE=Ibutsu;18006550]I'm personally getting the Retail as I'm building a new rig around Spring-Summer next year.
Ask yourself: Are you building a new computer soon?
Yes: Get Retail.
No: Get OEM.[/QUOTE]
If you are buying to computer later why buy the os now? Since it will be cheaper later. Just wondering.
[QUOTE=Ibutsu;18006550]I'm personally getting the Retail as I'm building a new rig around Spring-Summer next year.
Ask yourself: Are you building a new computer soon?
Yes: Get Retail.
No: Get OEM.[/QUOTE]
What is this supposed to mean? Why is retail better if you're building a computer soon?
[QUOTE=Roast Beast;17979127]In my experience if you wait a few months (3 or 4) before installing an OEM version of Windows on a new motherboard then automatic activation will work without you having to phone it in.[/QUOTE]
Phone actication is only necessary if you activated windows too often. Happens with OEM and Full version.
The only difference between OEM and full is, how said before, that it's "meant to be sold with hardware only". But this can't be applied in every country. For example, in Europe you can even sell OEM software without having it as a hardware bundle. And since OEM is cheaper, the shops sell it like the full version (but without or just a short manual and just one CD/DVD) but cheaper and customers love this.
I also activated my Windows 7 Prof on two mainboards: The first one got damaged shortly after I installed and activated Windows 7. On the other one I did not need to use phone-activation - Internet activation worked flawless.
I buy all my OS' as OEM. Who the fuck needs MS support and manuals when i have a brain and the interwebs.
[QUOTE=aVoN;18022765]Phone actication is only necessary if you activated windows too often. Happens with OEM and Full version.[/QUOTE]
Actually, i already had to phone in when i made a fresh new install, roughly 18 months after first activation. And i had to call again when i installed it on my laptops. No matter where you install it, just tell them you reinstalled the OS and they'll give you the key.
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But then again, that might be different for Seven.
[QUOTE=Tu154M;18022857]Actually, i already had to phone in when i made a fresh new install, roughly 18 months after first activation. And i had to call again when i installed it on my laptops. No matter where you install it, just tell them you reinstalled the OS and they'll give you the key.[/QUOTE]
Interesting. I once had this with XP. Luckily, the "support" was a computer asking for numbers and giving me the activation key.
[QUOTE=Roast Beast;18006965]I rate you book for not reading the whole thread.
[QUOTE=Ibutsu]I'm personally getting the Retail as I'm building a new rig around Spring-Summer next year.
Ask yourself: Are you building a new computer soon?
Yes: Get Retail.
No: Get OEM. [/QUOTE]
You too.[/QUOTE]
I'm probably definitely wrong here, but in the article...
[QUOTE=Article]Restrictions of specific license types may limit the foregoing. OEM versions of Windows XP are licensed together with the hardware with which they are purchased, as an entity, and such a copy may not be moved to a different computer. Also, other specific license types (e.g., Academic licenses) are handled in different ways. These aren’t a WPA issue per se, but rather an issue of the license for that purchase, and therefore outside the scope of this discussion of WPA.
There are two versions of OEM Windows XP systems. [b]One can be purchased separately, with qualifying subsidiary hardware, and installed with that hardware to an existing machine, to which it becomes bound. The software may be reinstalled and reactivated indefinitely as with a retail system [u]as long as it is still on the original machine. It may not be transferred to a different computer[/b][/u].[/quote]
I think Ibutsu is saying he's buying Windows 7 soon, before his new computer, but wants to transfer his license to a new computer; something according to the article - unless I'm mistaken - is not possible with the OEM version.
I myself have OEM editions of Vista and XP. I've never tried installing them on anything other than my own computer so I dunno.
[b]EDIT[/b]: Unless, of course, the wording tripped me up, and the article is saying that the OEM version that you buy preloaded from a manufacturer is tied down to the hardware, but the OEM version that you can buy with qualifying hardware (or just about anywhere with no strings attached) can be moved from computer to computer...
I never buy the retail version. I hate paying for extra packaging.
[QUOTE=aVoN;18022765]Phone actication is only necessary if you activated windows too often. Happens with OEM and Full version.
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I had to phone in my activation after I updated the firmware on my DVD burner.
Yeah.
[QUOTE=BrettJay;18033370]I'm probably definitely wrong here, but in the article...
I think Ibutsu is saying he's buying Windows 7 soon, before his new computer, but wants to transfer his license to a new computer; something according to the article - unless I'm mistaken - is not possible with the OEM version.
I myself have OEM editions of Vista and XP. I've never tried installing them on anything other than my own computer so I dunno.
[b]EDIT[/b]: Unless, of course, the wording tripped me up, and the article is saying that the OEM version that you buy preloaded from a manufacturer is tied down to the hardware, but the OEM version that you can buy with qualifying hardware (or just about anywhere with no strings attached) can be moved from computer to computer...[/QUOTE]
Huh, I never noticed that about the article. You're right, it says that OEMs become permanently locked to the first motherboard they're installed on. Well this may have been the case at one time, but I know for a fact that current OEMs can be transferred to a new computer, I've done it myself.
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