unfortunately you do NOT own it. sad state that has been created. IMO I agree one should own what he buys but that is not the case with SW. fp At 02:11 PM 10/5/2006, Anthony Q. Martin Poked the stick with: >why? I bought a copy with a PC...my hardware, I own it. I don't need vendor >support after i know the system works. why should anything be tied to >hardware and what makes hardware unique? Do we now consider a PC to be a >disposable unit...don't fix it, change it, or upgrade it....just toss it out >(OS and all) and get a new one? > >Ben Ruset wrote: >>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?
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