[pchelpers] Re: Partial article: Vista Furor

Hi Arlene,

Saturday, October 21, 2006, 4:45:16 PM, you wrote:

Aac> Microsoft's Vista is still months away from formal release, but
Aac> the next version of Windows is already raising the hackles of
Aac> many consumers. Under changes to Microsoft's licensing terms,
Aac> buyers of retail copies of Vista will be able to transfer their
Aac> software to a new machine only once. If they want to move their
Aac> software a second time, they will have to buy a new copy of the
Aac> operating system. In the past, those who bought a retail copy of
Aac> Windows needed to uninstall it before moving it to another
Aac> machine, but there was no limit to how many times this could be
Aac> done.

This doesn't apply to people who buy computers from name brand
manufacturers at the store. I don't know what the rule is for them,
since I don't recall seeing it mentioned, but I suspect that you don't
get ANY option to move to another computer.

-- 
Scott.



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