The mouse makes it a qualifying product, but once it's loaded on a PC,
it's tied to the bulk of the hardware in that machine.
You couldn't take that mouse, put it on a new PC, and legally load XP.
Gary VanderMolen wrote:
With XP, you could buy a generic OEM version (you
had to buy it with a piece of hardware like a mouse),
and it would install on any PC. Not sure if Vista will
have that type of OEM version.
Gary VanderMolen
----- Original Message -----
Why should you? You didn't pay retail price for that copy of XP. It's
sold at a discount and tied to the hardware. And the hardware vendor is
the person who has to support the OS, not Microsoft.
You want to shift your OS around to new PC's? Spend the $199 and buy the
boxed copy of XP.
Anthony Q. Martin wrote:
I kinda think this sucks, though. If I bought an OEM computer and I
decide to trash it, I feel as though I ought to be able to use the OS on
a new system. Is that unfair to MS?
