OEM Software

[andywright182]

Whats the main differences between this and the full product? Looking at the system below with Vista untimate but it is OEM software.


[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Processor: Intel Quad Core 6600 [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica]£125.00 [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica]£125.00 [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Memory: 2 GB DDR2 [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Hard drive: 500GB Serial ATA HDD [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Operating System: Windows Vista Ultimate [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica]£99.00 [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica]£99.00 [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Optical Storage: 18x DVDRW & 16x DVDROM [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Monitor: 22" TFT Monitor [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica]£129.00 [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica]£129.00 [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica]1.44MB Floppy drive [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica]£6.00 [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica]£6.00 [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Graphics card: 640MB Geforce 8800GTS [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Software Utilities: No Utilities [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Case Colour: Black [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Keyboard & Mouse: Logitech Cordless Keyboard & Optical Mouse [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Speakers: Subwoofer Speaker System [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Network Adapter: 10/100/1000 Lan [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Warranty: 12 months RTB warranty(first 30days Collect & Ret) [/FONT]
That system is only £1000 inc delivery from www.chrystech.co.uk

So is it worth getting ultimate as an OEM or should I get the retail version?

 

[Daz]

With a new PC, my advice is get OEM.

The main difference is you get a box and a "kind of" manual.
Also, OEM is tied to that individual machine, so if you change the PC, you can't take OEM software with it.

Retail is massivly more expensive too.

 

[RSi Dave]

As above, i think vista is even more tied in the fact you change some major hardware it knows and you either have to convince MS of a genuine change or buy new.

 

[andywright182]

I think the OEM was about £100 or so cheaper than retail, could be a pain not been able to change hardware in the future but guess I will have to cross that bridge when i get to it.

Guess whith a quad core, 4gb of ram and a 620mb 8800 graphics card i wont need to update for a few years!

 

[McBunny]

only issues with oem is legal ones