Retail version

[Dave from Pgh.]

I did have a Compaq pc that had ME on it and i dont think a full version was
installed on it . Something happened to the OS that even the recovery disc
that came with it wouldnt get it running again .The pc was out of warrenty
-OH around 2002 .but i liked ME .It didnt give much problens . I purchased
the retail version .Didnt have to hunt for drivers plus it ran much better
than the OEM . Other features with the full Retail a repair install could be
done.Full installover bad OS or a Custom install .Pick what you wanted to
install . But that was only through the seperate boot disc could those
options be chosen . Since then i built my own PC from scratch . But i hate
buying software cause of MS making us do so . Buy a newer OS and also buy new
Hardware . Thats BS !!

 

[N. Miller]

Re: Retail version

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:00:02 -0700, Dave from Pgh. wrote:

> But i hate buying software cause of MS making us do so . Buy a newer
> OS and also buy new Hardware . Thats BS !!

In the past, people had a habit of buying one OS license from MSFT, and
installing it on more than one computer. So MSFT took measures that they
thought would help enforce the, "One computer, one OS license" rule.

If you don't like the "One computer, one OS license" rule, don't buy MSFT
OSes. Their product, their conditions for use of that product.

And please spare me the tired, old automotive similes; the only one that is
an approximate comparison is moving the engine between cars. If you have six
cars, and one engine, you will only be able to drive one car at a time.

--
Norman
~Shine, bright morning light,
~now in the air the spring is coming.
~Sweet, blowing wind,
~singing down the hills and valleys.

 

[Eric]

Re: Retail version

Software is like music. Hardware is the media it plays on. From the first
music media they invented that could be easily copied, people stopped buying
multiple copies. You could pay for one song and listen to it on one
cassette in one player, then buy a blank cassette and make some copies.
Then they digitized it so everyone with an iPod could share it without even
buying the blank cassettes. They're trying to put the same effort into a
music crackdown that MS has put on the OS.

"N. Miller" <anonymous@msnews.aosake.net> wrote in message
news:1lvh0dvrkcjbl$.dlg@msnews.aosake.net...
> On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:00:02 -0700, Dave from Pgh. wrote:
>
>> But i hate buying software cause of MS making us do so . Buy a newer
>> OS and also buy new Hardware . Thats BS !!
>
> In the past, people had a habit of buying one OS license from MSFT, and
> installing it on more than one computer. So MSFT took measures that they
> thought would help enforce the, "One computer, one OS license" rule.
>
> If you don't like the "One computer, one OS license" rule, don't buy MSFT
> OSes. Their product, their conditions for use of that product.
>
> And please spare me the tired, old automotive similes; the only one that
> is
> an approximate comparison is moving the engine between cars. If you have
> six
> cars, and one engine, you will only be able to drive one car at a time.
>
> --
> Norman
> ~Shine, bright morning light,
> ~now in the air the spring is coming.
> ~Sweet, blowing wind,
> ~singing down the hills and valleys.