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Prima.Vera said:
Not really.
How about this:
"Once a qualified Windows device is upgraded to Windows 10, we will continue to keep it up to date for the supported lifetime of the device..."
If is my PC, what device are we talking about?? I upgrade my PC from time, so basically stuff always change inside it. Again, the same question I've asked before and still no clear answer.
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If you upgrade to Windows 10 from Windows 7 or Windows 8 then the license will be tied to the motherboard in that PC, if it dies and you change the motherboard the license will not work.
If you buy a retail version for 200$ then you can change motherboards and the license will work.
 
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Uplink10 said:
If you buy a retail version for 200$ then you can change motherboards and the license will work.
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OK, in this case how will they know if I will going to install it on several machines, laptops, etc? Just wondering... :)
 
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Uplink10 said:
If you buy a retail version for 200$ then you can change motherboards and the license will work.
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They'll be €110 for home, €200 for pro. Since 8.1 all retails are licenses unless they specifically say OEM. At least here OEM's are pretty much nonexistant and if you find them they cost as much as a full license anyway. Unless they change things again for Windows 10 I assume it will work the same way.

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OK, in this case how will they know if I will going to install it on several machines, laptops, etc? Just wondering... :)
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I am assuming the HID = hardware ID.
 
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Frick said:
I am assuming the HID = hardware ID.
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Well this sucks, because when I'm changing my mobo, I also change CPU, RAMs, possibly GPU, etc
 
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Prima.Vera said:
Well this sucks, because when I'm changing my mobo, I also change CPU, RAMs, possibly GPU, etc
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Which isn't a problem if it's a retail license, only if it's an OEM.
 
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Prima.Vera said:
OK, in this case how will they know if I will going to install it on several machines, laptops, etc? Just wondering... :)
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They already do this with the activation / validation process that comes with Windows 7 and above. Windows 'knows' your hardware config.
 
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