I gave winblows 8 a chance. installed it on an old dual core. Once I ditched metro for startback8 I liked it alright. I had just finished building my I7 so I formatted the old dual core machine and set about installing 8 on my new machine.
it would not activate because it was installed on another computer before.
Windows 8 ties it’s self to the motherboard. Once installed on a PC it’s not to be installed EVER again on another pc.
I put windows 7 on my new pc using the licenses off the old dual core that now has 8 on it again.
I’ll keep 8 around because I am in the tech field and I am going to have to learn it.
I won’t be buying any more copies.
Sure ... with the preview copy.
For retail Win8, if you bought it pre-installed on a PC, it’s motherboard-bound. If not (like the download copy), it’s emphatically not.
http://www.zdnet.com/how-the-new-windows-8-license-terms-affect-you_p2-7000003028/