The Lowest Price for Windows 10? - Comments Page 2

Windows OEM used to be available legitimately for system builders. I bought Windows 7 that way and installed it on my home built machine. It was perfectly legal, however the price was not nearly that low. It was more along the lines of half the price of the commercial version. I believe that Microsoft has stopped selling OEM versions.

As for buying another computer and transferring the license, that is not possible. The version that comes on a computer is an OEM version (OEM means original equipment manufacturer). It cannot be transferred to any other machine. OEM software is licensed to the specific machine, not the user. Commercial, full price software can be transferred to another machine (subject to limitations), and that is the reason that people have bought it in the past even when making their own computers.

My HP G72 laptop has an Intel 4500HD video which does not have a Windows 10 driver I found out. Now I know why Win 10 kept hanging on updating... I tried to reinstall Win7, but says it isn't genuine; which it is!
I have found this mess, everyone's calling Windows 10, is a complete failure for me and many others. After a lot of effort and time spent on the G72 I finally installed Linux Mint and it runs just fine and I don't have to "babysit" my computer when doing an update. I have a few other machines running Win 10, but I kinda switched over to OSX, Mint, and Chrome without all the hassle and hoops Microsoft forces you to navigate.

Good one Bob,
any facts on Microsoft Office 2016 Pro Plus from the web?
Look forward to your advise.
Kind regards
Ed

'Softwares' is definitely not a part of my British version of the language. In British English, 'software' is uncountable, just like news, trash, luggage, etc., and hence can't - or shouldn't - be used in the plural (or with the indefinite article). The clue you showed us doesn't point to Brits!

Hear, hear Dicky Boy. Quite right, thank you Richard.

Hear, hear is an expression used as a short, repeated form of hear him. It represents a listener's agreement with the point being made by a speaker. Thank you also to Wikipedia for the clarification/definition.

I agree with others who installed Linux. Linux at least the debian varieties (ubuntu, mint) has become more user friendly. No need to type commands in a terminal like the earlier releases. Search for wanted software in an installer and apply. BOOM! Installed! Just as easy to uninstall. Use update manager and your updates are done quickly. Minutes. Unlike Windows updates. And Linux is faster. To boot, shutdown. Netflix playing in Linux Firefox is sharper, i believe.
2 older laptops here. Windows 7 Pro on both. This one dual booted with Linux Mint. The hardest thing to do is to learn PARTITIONING. For dual booting. If you get that down, installing is smooth. When Mint 17 came out, I installed it. Very nice operating system. Last week i installed Mint 18. It's different. An improvement over 18? I can't decide yet. 17 is supported with updates until 2019 end. 18 until 2021 end.
Windows 10 Pro would not install on any of the 2 legal laptops here. It also would not install on another i had with a retail Windows 7 home that i installed. So- Phooey to Windows 10. Although i like my Windows 10 phone MS is abandoning them.
Just my 2 cents.

you have ads on this newsletter page for Windows 10 for $47.24. Is this legit??
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