30 May 2008 at 23:05 #1 bennyboy2606 bennyboy2606 Suspended Joined 1 May 2008 Posts 1,166 Location Sunny Llandudno I want to go from Xp to vista. Should i get an OEM copy or Retail Copy? Kind regards Ben
30 May 2008 at 23:08 #2 kmufc77 kmufc77 Soldato Joined 15 Jul 2007 Posts 4,953 Location South West A OEM copy means you can only ever install it on your current motherboard it will not work on any other board/Machine. A Retail copy will install on any machine /Board thats why there is quite a bit of price difference
A OEM copy means you can only ever install it on your current motherboard it will not work on any other board/Machine. A Retail copy will install on any machine /Board thats why there is quite a bit of price difference
31 May 2008 at 08:27 #3 Brian Stuart Brian Stuart Associate Joined 23 Oct 2002 Posts 2,203 Location N Ireland OEM unless you plan on doing a lot of motherboard upgrading.