Building a New PC, a question about OS

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#1 da_spoony
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I've grown tired of buying Dells for 1000s of dollars when I could build one for considerably less but I am a bit confused when it comes to theOS. What exactly is the difference between an OEM version of vista and the regular? Should I choose one over the other? thanks in advanced.
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OEM Vista is tied onto your motherboard, so if you get a new motherboard or a new PC you won't be able to reuse the OS.

Retail Vista can only be used once at a time, but you can reuse it on a new motherboard or new PC.

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#3 Hot_Potato
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OEM is the "system builder version" It's cheaper, and doesn't come with unneccesary crap, it's just the OS with no case
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#4 da_spoony
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OK thanks, so is it worth the extra money to pay for the ability to transfer to other pcs or should I just get the OEM version
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OEM Vista is tied onto your motherboard, so if you get a new motherboard or a new PC you won't be able to reuse the OS.

Retail Vista can only be used once at a time, but you can reuse it on a new motherboard or new PC.

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I never knew that lol

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OEM Vista is tied onto your motherboard, so if you get a new motherboard or a new PC you won't be able to reuse the OS.

Retail Vista can only be used once at a time, but you can reuse it on a new motherboard or new PC.

Hiryuu_

so m4 has got more stingy? I manged to move my xp to a new motherborad as well making it run on 2 pcs for a while

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