Windows 10 preorders in UK, which one? OEM

[Ziuko]

Hello toms, I am current ly looking to preorder windows 10 for my custom ging PC. I am looking for 64bit Home version, but which should I get?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SW-174-MS

This is a USB version of 64/32 bit.

What is the different between OEM and original?

Also is there a way to get a digital download instead of buying DVD or USB.

Looking for a UK version.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

OEM is supposed to be for companies that make PCs, then sell them to others. You don't get support from MS, and MS will not give you new media.

Retail is, well, retail.

You should be able to buy a download-only version from Microsoft's website directly - but I suspect their servers are going to be a little heavily loaded over the next week or two.

 

[Ziuko]

OEM is supposed to be for companies that make PCs, then sell them to others. You don't get support from MS, and MS will not give you new media.

Retail is, well, retail.

You should be able to buy a download-only version from Microsoft's website directly - but I suspect their servers are going to be a little heavily loaded over the next week or two.

So it's not for me then, can you preorder a retail version at the moment?

Is this a retail?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0111YEBY4/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1438002935&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SY200_QL40&keywords=windows+10&dpPl=1&dpID=41TWDd52a9L&ref=plSrch

 

[Someone Somewhere]

With 7 and earlier, you weren't allowed to use an OEM license yourself (though lots of people still did/do). That changed with 8, and you are allowed to. Nothing wrong with it, other than that you won't get any help from MS. OEM tends to be a little cheaper.

That's a retail version. Looks like the original link is too.

I'd probably wait until MS makes it available, then buy the digital download.

 

[orlbuckeye]

Another difference between OEM and Retail is the 32 and 64 bit are packaged together in retail and sold separately in OEM.

 

[kyllien]

They don't call it OEM anymore. It is now System Builder. Both System Builder and the Regular versions are full retail copies and can be used to install Windows on brand new hardware. There are differences in the license but primarily they have to do with reusing the software and who is responsible for primary support.

 

[orlbuckeye]

They still call it OEM.


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832588491

 

[sora]

OEM is locked to a certain motherboard I think.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

I believe that was the case until Windows 8. With 8/8.1/10, you can move system builder OEM, but not white box (Dell/HP/Lenovo etc.) OEM.

 

[kyllien]

We will know more tomorrow.

 

[orlbuckeye]

OEM is OEM. Once it's installed it's tied to the same mobo (can be replaced if the same mobo it just can't be upgraded). Retail is the only version that can be moved to new mobo but can't run on old mobo once moved.

 

[kyllien]

Until we actually see an OEM license we won't know exactly how it works. With Windows 8 the OEM license was transferable. The rumor is that the OEM license in Windows 10 will be single device locked. But until we actually see the license we won't know exactly how it will work. We won't be able to get the OEM version for a little bit.

 

[orlbuckeye]

Windows 8 OEM wasn't transferrable. Once it was installed by the system builder it was tied to that machine. The machine is transferrable but not the OS by itself.

 

[kyllien]

Windows 8 OEM wasn't transferrable. Once it was installed by the system builder it was tied to that machine. The machine is transferrable but not the OS by itself.

Check the following page
http://www.microsoft.com/OEM/en/licensing/sblicensing/Pages/windows-licensing-for-personal-use.aspx

Specifically under Windows 8
- Can be transferred to new hardware, if removed from the prior PC.
- Transfer of the software to share license between computers is prohibited.

 

[orlbuckeye]

Windows 8 OEM wasn't transferrable. Once it was installed by the system builder it was tied to that machine. The machine is transferrable but not the OS by itself.

Check the following page
http://www.microsoft.com/OEM/en/licensing/sblicensing/Pages/windows-licensing-for-personal-use.aspx

Specifically under Windows 8
- Can be transferred to new hardware, if removed from the prior PC.
- Transfer of the software to share license between computers is prohibited.

There is a difference between OEM and OEM System Builder.

Well technically with Windows 8 you were only allowed to purchase OEM and install it on a machine you were NOT making for yourself. MS intended the system builders license to be sold to builders that are building for someone else. Your forgetting the OEM's like (Dell, HP, Asus,Acer and Lenovo and the others). The OEM licenses are purchases by the OEM the OEM then licenses the OS to you. The OEM ties the OS to the specific hardware not MS although activation is done through MS. The OEM's have been embedding the keys in BIO of their system they sell since Windows 7. It's ok to replace a motherboard if damaged with the same mobo on an OEM machine but upgrading the mobo is considered a new machine.






http://www.howtogeek.com/197232/microsoft-is-misleading-consumers-with-windows-8.1-system-builder-licensing/