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Spot the difference: WIN7 PRO LICSENSE

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  • #2
    c-note
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 434 ✭✭c-note


    Right, i think i have it.
    in case anyone is wondering

    the "licesnse and media" :
    is only meant to be bought by people who are commercially building a computer for a third person who is not related to them.
    It can be installed on one computer only. a motherboard change will requiere a new licsense!
    no support is offered for this version by microsoft.
    you cannot switch between 32/64 bit.

    The Other two are regual retail versions
    one european, (without Internet Explorer, thanks to overpaid EU bereaucrats with little else to do). the other for RestOfWorld.
    i dont know why the price difference...


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    The "licence and media" version is an OEM version and is only intended to be sold with a new PC. The reason it's cheaper is that Microsoft don't support it, it's up to your computer manufacturer to provide support. Also, as you said, it's permanently tied to the motherboard on that PC.

    Wasn't the Windows 7 E release scrapped though? :confused:


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