A nice summary to be sure, but none of that is new to W7. Vista's licensing was virtually identical, and even XP's was fairly close for the pieces that have a valid counterpart. For example, OEM/system builder licenses have ALWAYS been tied to the hardware (the motherboard, technically, meaning you can't upgrade to a better board, and any replacement for a failure must be identical or as close as can be reasonably obtained) and are non-transferrable, and they've never included support from Microsoft.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of DSinc > Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 4:42 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] What Microsoft won't tell you about Windows 7 > licensing > > Stan, > Check your PC clock. One of us is 1 day off(?) > I will read the send however! > Best, > Duncan > > > Stan Zaske wrote: > > Here's a pretty informative article on the intricacies of Windows 7 > > licensing for anybody interested. > > > > http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=1514&tag=nl.e539 > >
