Ian

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am looking to buy these 2, any chance of getting them cheaper?

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/micros...51305-pdt.html

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/wd-ele...61634-pdt.html

thanks
ian

andys

anyone a student in your family?

Ian

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nope , do you get student discount then?

Tidgy

dont forget to get these prices you have to reserve online and then pay in store, if you dont price jumps up

CREWJ

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/micro...tem-single-oem

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digi...9438276&sr=8-1

Ian

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[quote=CREWJ;10113835]http://www.scan.co.uk/products/micro...tem-single-oem

with this OEM version, isnt it different to the retail version?

CREWJ

They are designed for system builders, and are just a copy of the OS, identical to the full retail version. However, they come with several limitations:
* Once installed on one computer it can never be installed on another machine, nor are you permitted to replace the motherboard.
* You receive no technical support from Microsoft.
* You can only perform a clean installation of the OS, not an upgrade.

So it depends what you want it for.

Ian

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looks like it will prob be best to go for the full retail version then, just in case.

I have just found out that my win 7 ultimate is a non gen copy after 5 months of use

DYK

£75.00 64 bit £72.00 32 bit



http://search.laptopsdirect.co.uk/se...core&view=grid
http://search.laptopsdirect.co.uk/se...core&view=grid

ALi-B

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Not strictly true; although it may vary with OS versions. And teh small print does say alot. In practice it doesn't seem too fussy:

I've swapped motherboard and its fine (upgraded when I found my old board's chipset didn't support memory addressing above 3.5gig, despite it saying it could take 4gig on the box ).

Also swapped boards and a system with reinstalling the OS and it didn't even blink an eye. Also since reinstalled OSs on new boards, and its activated fine.

Installing on a new Hard drive on the other hand has posed issues; On installation it rejeted the online activation. So I had to phone MS and speak to a nice foriegn lady to explain the reason for the new HD was because the old one failed and I replaced it with a different drive as the faulty one was no longer stocked (plus I was rather unimpressed with a drive that died after a month of use).

ALi-B

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In other words online updates has detected your install has been used on another computer somewhere (i.e they've detected the activation code has been used on two different spec PCs within a 6 month window, for example when you loaned a genuine install disc with its activation key to a mate to fix his PC who inadvertantly does a full install).

If you have the box with the activation code or the sticker on the case of the PC. Give MS a ring and see if they can reactivate it for you, for all you know someone else may have coppied your activation code or used it with a copied disc.