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<blockquote data-quote="stevo-m" data-source="post: 321842" data-attributes="member: 24408"><p>I understand exactly what you mean, Mac Dude. I'm reluctant to spend money on something that might not work as well.. but I refuse to pay so much for the retail version - the prices are ridiculous. And since I won't even be using my old PC laptop anymore I should be able to use that copy of Windows for whatever else I like! Lol.</p><p></p><p>cwa107, thanks for all your help. Much appreciated. When you said, in your reply to Mac Dude, that in my case it appears that my disc is tied to a particular vendor, did you mean the CD that came with my Windows laptop? Or did you mean the product being sold on eBay which I linked to?</p><p></p><p>I actually contacted the seller on eBay a few days ago and he has only just replied. Unsurprisingly he said he had no experience with Boot Camp or with Apple at all for that matter, but that the OEM is essentially the same as the retail version, the only real difference being that there is no support offered by Microsoft - because they assume that whoever is using an OEM is familiar enough with building computers already. Still, I find it hard to believe that there would be such a huge difference in price between the two versions if this is really the only difference of note. Sorry to keep repeating myself, but with the OEM, just to settle my mind, should it really only be a case of inserting the disc and installing it onscreen as per usual?</p><p></p><p>Thanks again!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stevo-m, post: 321842, member: 24408"] I understand exactly what you mean, Mac Dude. I'm reluctant to spend money on something that might not work as well.. but I refuse to pay so much for the retail version - the prices are ridiculous. And since I won't even be using my old PC laptop anymore I should be able to use that copy of Windows for whatever else I like! Lol. cwa107, thanks for all your help. Much appreciated. When you said, in your reply to Mac Dude, that in my case it appears that my disc is tied to a particular vendor, did you mean the CD that came with my Windows laptop? Or did you mean the product being sold on eBay which I linked to? I actually contacted the seller on eBay a few days ago and he has only just replied. Unsurprisingly he said he had no experience with Boot Camp or with Apple at all for that matter, but that the OEM is essentially the same as the retail version, the only real difference being that there is no support offered by Microsoft - because they assume that whoever is using an OEM is familiar enough with building computers already. Still, I find it hard to believe that there would be such a huge difference in price between the two versions if this is really the only difference of note. Sorry to keep repeating myself, but with the OEM, just to settle my mind, should it really only be a case of inserting the disc and installing it onscreen as per usual? Thanks again! [/QUOTE]
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