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Originally Posted by Rootstonian

Not sure about OEM, but to me, if I buy the OS and I want to change my vid card, power supply, hd, mobo, then it's none of MS's business I bought MY license for MY pc.

If they want to come out to the house and see that it's only one machine, then send someone out. "Innocent until proven guilty!"

You know, if they just lowered the price of the OS to a REASONABLE amount, then everyone, IMO, would buy a license and they wouldn't have to worry about pirating.

Not that I agree with it, but it IS MS' business. When you buy an OS, you do not have the rights to it, MS does, all you have is permession to use it, in the fashion that MS says you can. That is basically what the EULA states. If you do not agree to it, you do not use the software. That is why the software is sealed with a note saying that if you break the seal, you have agreed to the EULA.

That said, I believe MS is ok with hardware changes as long as it is NOT the motherbaord.

Prices of the OS are pretty reasonable IMO, especially for OEM. $200 gets you Vista Ultimate. Figure about 5 years product cycle for an OS before a new one is released and that's not that bad of an investment. $200 over the coures of 5 years comes out to $3.33 a month.