If you are a hardware upgrade enthusiast I don't think you will be wanting Vista anytime soon if this license agreement is true.
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Article said:I can see the problems now you buy a copy of Windows Vista, install it on your existing PC and activate it. Later on, you discover that your existing PC isn't really up to the job of running Vista, so you either buy a new PC or upgrade your existing one. When you install Vista this time, that's it your copy of Vista is now stuck on that PC forever. If your new PC dies or has a hardware failure, as they so often do, then not only is it time for a replacement but also time for a new Vista license too. That sounds plain crazy and is nothing more than a trick to move money from the pocket of the user and into the Microsoft coffers.
This is a real kick in the teeth for upgrade enthusiasts and early adopters!
BarneyGumble said:I think the U.S. constitution should be ammended and our tax dollars should be used to buy every citizen in the united states a lifetime copy of vista. Those who have no use for vista can opt out and recieve a tax break or can use the money for government funded dentist visits.
As I Lay Dying said:...I am just asking if a legitimate customer who purchases vista, and then is shafted by this, if them then using a pirated version of vista, is legit form of protest against an unfair eula, so they can use an OS they paid for.
Aratech said:Fair or not... legally speaking you're are still breaking the law. If you're using the software you've agree to their rules. That's the way it works.
M1ster_R0gers said:And I drove at 65 in a 55 zone all the way home today, just like everyday. I will buy the first liscence, for my personal use. After that all bets are off.
Is them then using a pirated version of vista a legit form of protest against an unfair eula?
Aratech said:Fair or not... legally speaking you're are still breaking the law. If you're using the software you've agree to their rules. That's the way it works.
breakpoint said:Well there is now no longer any advantage to buying the more expensive retail box. Everyone who is into building their own PC will go with the much cheaper OEM verisions. This will cost MS a lot of money. So I predict this scheme will backfire since no one will buy Vista retail!
Large corporations buy bulk licenses, so the only market for retail boxes are computer enthusiasts and small businesses.
I was planning to buy a retail copy of Vista so I could do future MB upgrades. But now I am going to be buying Vista OEM or maybe XP. This assumes the OEM price is a lot less than retail.
Russell said:This also assumes that the rumor is true. Nothing has been confirmed yet.
Tylerdurdened said:It's a bad attempt at trying to prevent illegal copying/sharing... my assumption is that it won't let you update software... since that's it's only use; not everyone has internet so without internet it has no way to verify how many times it was used... but as we all know the update options will be hacked quickly
breakpoint said:Well there is now no longer any advantage to buying the more expensive retail box. Everyone who is into building their own PC will go with the much cheaper OEM verisions. This will cost MS a lot of money. So I predict this scheme will backfire since no one will buy Vista retail!
Aratech said:I dont disagree with you.
I was simply answering the posters question.
A Windows Vista Capable1 PC includes at least:
A modern processor (at least 800MHz).
512 MB of system memory.
A graphics processor that is DirectX 9 capable.
All Dimension/Inspiron and XPS systems must also ship with a DVD Readable Drive.
lmao!!M1ster_R0gers said:Microsoft equates the "minimum system requirements for skydiving" to being a napkin and four peices of string.
breakpoint said:Well slighly more than a rumor but you are quite correct that nothing has been confirmed. I got carried away there with my outrage.
sluzbenik said:We are the ones who drive the consumer side of things.