cyclopopcicle said:
ok hows about looking at it this way
i buy a microwave oven the fuse blows but i know that if i change the fuse all will be well, but i have to go buy another microwave just so that the manufacturer can have more money
Well if there is a choice of 2 contracts when you bought that Microwave, and you went for the one that was cheaper but had a restriction along the lines of not allowing you to change a fuse, then so be it.
cyclopopcicle said:
dont peaple buy oem because its cheeper because it comes with no other stuff like manuals, or see it this way would you buy another motherboard (oem) because you changed the bios settings
you have allready bought it and nothing is wrong with it so why pay again?
There is more than one reason why people buy OEM software, the reason you give is one reason, fair enough.
I'm not arguing with you here the simple fact is that if you want to install it on a single PC and only a single PC and get a new copy when that machine/component dies then you go and get the cheaper version. If you want to be free of that restriction, and get manuals and a box etc etc, then you pay that bit more.
No one is MAKING people buy OEM over a standard version.
Like I say, you have a choice.
Now don't get me wrong here, I am quite sure that MS would allow you to register it even if it was on a new PC as long as you tell them what they want to hear, it isnt going to be difficult.