Bought Vista Ultimate for 400 bucks Full retail version...

[bkieft]

I opened it tried to install it on my current box to find out that my motherboard won't support it so I put my OEM XP copy back on it. My question is this. do you guys think I could resell the Retail license of full vista ultimate and get at least half back or more or should i just keep it and save it when I do build a machine? Because right now I think the Vista ultimate OEM licenses are what 185 or so? That is probably what I'l get when I build a box unless I just keep this retail license.

 

[pkellmey]

If you are expecting to upgrade your rig in 1 year or less, keep it (you'll end up putting the money back out that you receive for it). If you are thinking it will be 1 year+, sell it because the prices should be incredibly low by then due to rumors of the next MS client OS circulating by then (currently planned for release in 2010).

 

[babaghan]

*Planned* being the key word I'll bet my morning donught MS won't have a new OS ready by 2010.

 

[bkieft]

I don't think so by 2010 maybe 2020

 

[pkellmey]

Considering it was already in development months before Vista was released, I think you'd be surprised. They are already placing the improved Longhorn tools and improvements that were not released in time for Vista.

 

[pchoi04]

I would keep it. You get all the advantages of having the retail version and plus you have both 32 and 64bit versions.

 

[iwannaknow1]

lol i bought vista ultimate for $45 at microsoft store (redmond, wa)

I am a senior in high school and i went on a field trip to microsoft and i was giving employee discount at their store. (office 2k7 pro was only $75)

good ole school benefits

 

[dblD]

:lol: Don't feel too hot, I legally bought office 2k7 Enterprise for S&H ($20). After you've been out of school for a while you'll figure out that there is always someone who gets the better deal (I expect someone will announce that they legally got it for $6; picked it up themselves).

--DD

 

[tool]

I would think you can still sell it. Put it on Ebay, see what happens. For future reference, I bought Vista Ultimate, Retail version for $289 at http://viosoftware.com/

 

[dblD]

I would think you can still sell it. Put it on Ebay, see what happens. For future reference, I bought Vista Ultimate, Retail version for $289 at http://viosoftware.com/

That is a great price... currently they are selling 66r-00002 (the official, full retail sku) for 309.99. That is around a %24 discount!

Did you have any problems with them? If you got that one (66r-00002) for $289 - you made out like a bandit (good job!).

--DD

 

[tool]

Yes, I got the full retail version, 66R-00002. Installed without problems. I received 2 disks, 32-bit and 64-bit. I installed the 64-bit version. I put up another post about the problems I had, but I narrowed it down to the Intel RAID monitoring software. Once I uninstalled that, no problems. Anyways, it was was a good deal, I will see what happens when Vista tries to authenticate it in 3 days automatically. Will keep you posted...

 

[tool]

I didnt wait for Vista to activate in 3 days automatically and went through without problems. Voisoftware is legit...

 

[CmonSnz]

I use this site for buying a few things that I know the name brand, and familiar with.
Anyway, they offer:

Windows Vista Ultimate Edition
(oem)
$199.00

at: http://www.ginstar.com/specialDetail.aspx?partID=100114

 

[tomwaddle]

Dual boot your system