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Old 12-13-2007, 01:54 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Garethman!!` View Post
Newegg sell the Vista Basic upgrade for $69.99. OEM means you can only ever use it on 1 motherboard, if you change the motherboard, you need a new operating system...
The OEM/System Builders is tied more to the motherboard, but you can just tell them the board craped out and they will re-activate it 95% of the time.
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