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<blockquote data-quote="§am" data-source="post: 112586" data-attributes="member: 9187">OEMs get a list of product keys from MS which are specific to their hardware, hence the embedding in the BIOS (which is not new, just new to the way they do things now).It's this that allows the likes of Dell, HP etc to sell/bundle an OS in so cheap with a new PC, and if you trawl through the T&amp;Cs of the license, it will effectively say, this product is tied to this hardware.It's also useful because it stops someone getting a product activation key from the bottom of a Dell machine, and using it to activate their HP machine... remember, the license is with the hardware that you bought, not the software (ie.&nbsp; you didn't buy the bundled OEM installed OS).If you want to chop and change your Windows installs between different PCs, then thats when you have to go retail and get a legal non OEM version... then you're free to transfer to any PC you want (within of course the license limits)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="§am, post: 112586, member: 9187"] OEMs get a list of product keys from MS which are specific to their hardware, hence the embedding in the BIOS (which is not new, just new to the way they do things now). It's this that allows the likes of Dell, HP etc to sell/bundle an OS in so cheap with a new PC, and if you trawl through the T&Cs of the license, it will effectively say, this product is tied to this hardware. It's also useful because it stops someone getting a product activation key from the bottom of a Dell machine, and using it to activate their HP machine... remember, the license is with the hardware that you bought, not the software (ie. you didn't buy the bundled OEM installed OS). If you want to chop and change your Windows installs between different PCs, then thats when you have to go retail and get a legal non OEM version... then you're free to transfer to any PC you want (within of course the license limits) [/QUOTE]

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