XP OEM to Vista OEM
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Dear All I purchased a Lenovo T61 laptop with DOS only. I purchased Win XP Pro (OEM) version with it and already installed it on the machine. Now, I want to go for Vista Business. Can I purchase an OEM version of Vista and install it into the machine which has already an OEM XP Pro? Or I should purchase Normal Vista (Wich is more expensive)? Is that legal? Thanks Mohammed
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Dear All I purchased a Lenovo T61 laptop with DOS only. I purchased Win XP Pro (OEM) version with it and already installed it on the machine. Now, I want to go for Vista Business. Can I purchase an OEM version of Vista and install it into the machine which has already an OEM XP Pro? Or I should purchase Normal Vista (Wich is more expensive)? Is that legal? Thanks Mohammed
You can obtain OEM Windows Vista through the System Builder program. Rules are at http://oem.microsoft.com/script/contentpage.aspx?pageid=561815[^]. The basic differences are: - OEM Windows is not transferrable, it must stay with the original machine it was first installed on. Retail Windows can be transferred to different machines. - OEM Windows support is through the OEM that sold it. There is no recourse to Microsoft. In effect that makes you the support department. Retail Windows includes two free support incidents.
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