iv'e i been conned with windows vista home premium retail, I paid, £250 for my copy of windows vista home premium, But iv'e seen full computer's with monitor keyboard mouse speakers intel p4 dual core running at 2.8ghz 1gig of ram going for £450 with windows home premium allready installed?????? Wish ad bought a new computer instead of buying just the windows disk.
Thank's IQON

"iqon"

You weren't mugged, you are a mug.
Why didn't you do any research?

Julian wrote:

He just did! Now he's pissed because he could have spent £200 more for Fista. Go figure.
Love and Kisses, Doris
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u learn by your mistakes, i did, will not happen again, But still agood os Thank's IQON
"Doris Day - MFB" wrote:

"iqon"

I disagree, and I'm only saying that you did get something for your money - freedom of choice. You purchased the freedom and ability to put a clean, fresh install on ANY computer you buy without ALL the bloatware that you get with pre-installed OEMs.
To me, an computer with Vista pre-installed OEM is like having half a copy of Vista. For instance, with the pre-installed computer, what do you have for a hard DVD copy of Vista? Usually only your own self-made recovery disks. That's it and they can only go with that computer.
I've been lamenting this very thing recently myself, because I wanted to set up an XP/Vista dual boot with Vista already installed on my desktop. But XP has to have a way of detecting the motherboard drivers on the install and the only place those drivers exist are buried in with tons of other files on my recovery disks. They're virtually impossible to find.
I say don't sweat it - many times what we consider to be a mistake turns out to be a lucky turn down the road.
Good Luck, Frank Bright

The Vista that comes preloaded on new PCs is the OEM version. This can only be used on one PC, and never moved over when you upgrade your hardware. The hardware supplier is responsible for providing support.
The retail version can be moved between PCs. Microsoft provides support.
Technically you shouldn't be able to buy the OEM version unless you are building a PC, but there are plenty of ways around it.
That aside, like most people it Britain I'm furious at Microsoft's rip-off pricing compared with the price in the US.
Steve

"Steve Thackery"

The price differential between the UK and the USA isn't particularly a M$ thing. Virtually everything from a fag paper to a Ferrari is $1/£1.
Current exchange rates mean goods are half price in the USA.

I feel alot better now,Thank's Frank.
IQON
"Frank Bright" wrote: