iv'e i been conned with windows vista home premium

iv'e i been conned with windows vista home premium retail, I paid, £250 for
my copy of windows vista home premium, But iv'e seen full computer's with
monitor keyboard mouse speakers intel p4 dual core running at 2.8ghz 1gig of
ram going for £450 with windows home premium allready installed??????
Wish ad bought a new computer instead of buying just the windows disk.

Thank's
IQON

"iqon" <iqon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> iv'e i been conned with windows vista home premium retail, I paid, £250
> for
> my copy of windows vista home premium, But iv'e seen full computer's with
> monitor keyboard mouse speakers intel p4 dual core running at 2.8ghz 1gig
> of
> ram going for £450 with windows home premium allready installed??????
> Wish ad bought a new computer instead of buying just the windows disk.

You weren't mugged, you are a mug.

Why didn't you do any research?

"iqon" <iqon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>u learn by your mistakes, i did, will not happen again, But still agood os
> Thank's
> IQON
>
> "Doris Day - MFB" wrote:
>
>> Julian wrote:
>>
>> > "iqon" <iqon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:0CD60619-D99C-4AC5-BFF5-176346F5E428@microsoft.com...
>> >> iv'e i been conned with windows vista home premium retail, I paid,
>> >> £250
>> >> for
>> >> my copy of windows vista home premium, But iv'e seen full computer's
>> >> with
>> >> monitor keyboard mouse speakers intel p4 dual core running at 2.8ghz
>> >> 1gig
>> >> of
>> >> ram going for £450 with windows home premium allready installed??????
>> >> Wish ad bought a new computer instead of buying just the windows disk.
>>

I disagree, and I'm only saying that you did get something for your money -
freedom of choice.
You purchased the freedom and ability to put a clean, fresh install on ANY
computer you buy without ALL the bloatware
that you get with pre-installed OEMs.

To me, an computer with Vista pre-installed OEM is like having half a copy
of Vista. For instance,
with the pre-installed computer, what do you have for a hard DVD copy of
Vista? Usually only your own
self-made recovery disks. That's it and they can only go with that
computer.

I've been lamenting this very thing recently myself, because I wanted to set
up an XP/Vista dual boot with Vista already installed on my desktop.
But XP has to have a way of detecting the motherboard drivers on the install
and the only place those drivers exist are
buried in with tons of other files on my recovery disks. They're virtually
impossible to find.

I say don't sweat it - many times what we consider to be a mistake turns out
to be a lucky turn down the road.

Good Luck, Frank Bright


>>
>>
>>

The Vista that comes preloaded on new PCs is the OEM version. This can only
be used on one PC, and never moved over when you upgrade your hardware. The
hardware supplier is responsible for providing support.

The retail version can be moved between PCs. Microsoft provides support.

Technically you shouldn't be able to buy the OEM version unless you are
building a PC, but there are plenty of ways around it.

That aside, like most people it Britain I'm furious at Microsoft's rip-off
pricing compared with the price in the US.

Steve

"Steve Thackery" <thack@nowhere.net> wrote in message
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> The Vista that comes preloaded on new PCs is the OEM version. This can
> only be used on one PC, and never moved over when you upgrade your
> hardware. The hardware supplier is responsible for providing support.
>
> The retail version can be moved between PCs. Microsoft provides support.
>
> Technically you shouldn't be able to buy the OEM version unless you are
> building a PC, but there are plenty of ways around it.
>
> That aside, like most people it Britain I'm furious at Microsoft's rip-off
> pricing compared with the price in the US.
>

The price differential between the UK and the USA
isn't particularly a M$ thing.
Virtually everything from a *** paper to a Ferrari is $1/£1.

Current exchange rates mean goods are half price in the USA.

I feel alot better now,Thank's Frank.

IQON

"Frank Bright" wrote:

>
> "iqon" <iqon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1D8A2B79-5C9D-4625-A2E4-B3A7F9503DC1@microsoft.com...
> >u learn by your mistakes, i did, will not happen again, But still agood os
> > Thank's
> > IQON
> >
> > "Doris Day - MFB" wrote:
> >
> >> Julian wrote:
> >>
> >> > "iqon" <iqon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> > news:0CD60619-D99C-4AC5-BFF5-176346F5E428@microsoft.com...
> >> >> iv'e i been conned with windows vista home premium retail, I paid,
> >> >> £250
> >> >> for
> >> >> my copy of windows vista home premium, But iv'e seen full computer's
> >> >> with
> >> >> monitor keyboard mouse speakers intel p4 dual core running at 2.8ghz
> >> >> 1gig
> >> >> of
> >> >> ram going for £450 with windows home premium allready installed??????
> >> >> Wish ad bought a new computer instead of buying just the windows disk.
> >>
>
> I disagree, and I'm only saying that you did get something for your money -
> freedom of choice.
> You purchased the freedom and ability to put a clean, fresh install on ANY
> computer you buy without ALL the bloatware
> that you get with pre-installed OEMs.
>
> To me, an computer with Vista pre-installed OEM is like having half a copy
> of Vista. For instance,
> with the pre-installed computer, what do you have for a hard DVD copy of
> Vista? Usually only your own
> self-made recovery disks. That's it and they can only go with that
> computer.
>
> I've been lamenting this very thing recently myself, because I wanted to set
> up an XP/Vista dual boot with Vista already installed on my desktop.
> But XP has to have a way of detecting the motherboard drivers on the install
> and the only place those drivers exist are
> buried in with tons of other files on my recovery disks. They're virtually
> impossible to find.
>
> I say don't sweat it - many times what we consider to be a mistake turns out
> to be a lucky turn down the road.
>
> Good Luck, Frank Bright
>
>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>