Vista Home Premium OEM 32bit to Ultimate OEM 64bit

On Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:13:29 -0500, Paul Montgomery
<i.m.nonnymous@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:

>On Sat, 6 Sep 2008 20:50:55 +0100, "Doug"
><doug@FAKEpleasereplytogroup.com> wrote:
>
>>"Paul Montgomery" <i.m.nonnymous@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:9jk4c49jj535lk9p43lasq613fvspbaqc6@4ax.com. ..
>>> On Sat, 6 Sep 2008 10:15:17 +0100, "Brian W"
>>> <brian.wescombeSODOFF@ntlSPAMworld.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>You don not need to purchase hardware, Vista Ultimate x64 OEM is available
>>>>from Amazon:
>>>
>>> That's not even CLOSE to being the best price.
>>>
>>> Newegg.com has it for $47 less. Royaldiscount.com for $60 less.
>>>
>>Thanks everyone for your replies.
>>If I buy from any of the sources mentioned would there still be a legal
>>constraint against using VUx64OEM in place of the VHPx32OEM I am using at
>>present, and, if so, would the insertion of two extra GB RAM be a sufficient
>>hardware upgrade for my machine to qualify for an OEM licence?
>
>No legal constraint on the use of the new product, EXCEPT that it
>cannot be [legally] installed on another machine once installed.
>
>You do NOT have to buy any hardware to buy the OEM edition of Vista.
>
>However... you might check to see if you can combine the two and get
>free shipping on both. On Newegg.com you can.
>
>Royaldiscount.com sells only software. But is ships free.

BTW... I've done mucho business with Newegg.com and give it five
stars. Free 3-day shipping (sometimes doesn't arrive until day 4) on
many items.

I bought the version of Vista I am using on this machine from
Royaldiscount.com and give it the same, based on the single purchase.

"Paul Montgomery" <i.m.nonnymous@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:13:29 -0500, Paul Montgomery
> <i.m.nonnymous@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 6 Sep 2008 20:50:55 +0100, "Doug"
>><doug@FAKEpleasereplytogroup.com> wrote:
>>
>>>"Paul Montgomery" <i.m.nonnymous@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
>>>news:9jk4c49jj535lk9p43lasq613fvspbaqc6@4ax.com ...
>>>> On Sat, 6 Sep 2008 10:15:17 +0100, "Brian W"
>>>> <brian.wescombeSODOFF@ntlSPAMworld.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>You don not need to purchase hardware, Vista Ultimate x64 OEM is
>>>>>available
>>>>>from Amazon:
>>>>
>>>> That's not even CLOSE to being the best price.
>>>>
>>>> Newegg.com has it for $47 less. Royaldiscount.com for $60 less.
>>>>
>>>Thanks everyone for your replies.
>>>If I buy from any of the sources mentioned would there still be a legal
>>>constraint against using VUx64OEM in place of the VHPx32OEM I am using at
>>>present, and, if so, would the insertion of two extra GB RAM be a
>>>sufficient
>>>hardware upgrade for my machine to qualify for an OEM licence?
>>
>>No legal constraint on the use of the new product, EXCEPT that it
>>cannot be [legally] installed on another machine once installed.
>>
>>You do NOT have to buy any hardware to buy the OEM edition of Vista.
>>
>>However... you might check to see if you can combine the two and get
>>free shipping on both. On Newegg.com you can.
>>
>>Royaldiscount.com sells only software. But is ships free.
>
> BTW... I've done mucho business with Newegg.com and give it five
> stars. Free 3-day shipping (sometimes doesn't arrive until day 4) on
> many items.
>
> I bought the version of Vista I am using on this machine from
> Royaldiscount.com and give it the same, based on the single purchase.

Thanks, Paul, reassuring and much appreciated - Doug