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To: dalereed

Just for the record. The copy of XP OEM that you bought is still illegal. The only legal use of an OEM license is that it must come from the Original Equipment Manufacturer(OEM). If you bought a Dell computer with Windows 7 on it, you cannot legally buy an OEM copy of the license yourself and install it.


19 posted on 04/02/2012 9:45:06 PM PDT by Hootch
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To: Hootch
Just for the record. The copy of XP OEM that you bought is still illegal. The only legal use of an OEM license is that it must come from the Original Equipment Manufacturer(OEM). If you bought a Dell computer with Windows 7 on it, you cannot legally buy an OEM copy of the license yourself and install it.

That's funny. At Fry's, they sell tons of OEM copies of Windows to Mac owners - they just make sure you buy some kind of PC computer hardware along with it.

After doing this for 3 Macs, I now have quite the collection of case thumbscrews!

28 posted on 04/02/2012 9:55:41 PM PDT by Yossarian ("All the charm of Nixon. All the competency of Carter." - SF Chronicle comment post on Obama)
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To: Hootch
Just for the record. The copy of XP OEM that you bought is still illegal. The only legal use of an OEM license is that it must come from the Original Equipment Manufacturer(OEM).

He is the OEM. He's repairing and recycling hardware that was broken by Windows 7. Got it? End of story.

31 posted on 04/02/2012 10:06:56 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: Hootch

None of that is true.


60 posted on 04/03/2012 5:46:29 AM PDT by Future Snake Eater (If we had a President, he'd look like Newt.)
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