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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 617482" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>OEM is software that is intended to be resold with a new PC. As you might imagine, PC builders don't actually buy a full, retail copy of Windows. They purchase Windows directly from Microsoft at a heavily discounted wholesale price and then resell it. It's usually in a plain wrapper (not retail packaging), has no manual and doesn't come with any tech support (the retailer is supposed to provide that).</p><p></p><p>Retail is packaged software that is intended to be sold directly to the consumer. It's usually in nice packaging with at least a partial manual, and at least some degree of tech support.</p><p></p><p>There's also a third class which is "OEM branded". These are discs that are customized to install on a particular manufacturer's machines. In many cases, they will only install on particular hardware and come prepackaged with special drivers. OEM branded discs can't be used with Parallels or Boot Camp.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 617482, member: 24098"] OEM is software that is intended to be resold with a new PC. As you might imagine, PC builders don't actually buy a full, retail copy of Windows. They purchase Windows directly from Microsoft at a heavily discounted wholesale price and then resell it. It's usually in a plain wrapper (not retail packaging), has no manual and doesn't come with any tech support (the retailer is supposed to provide that). Retail is packaged software that is intended to be sold directly to the consumer. It's usually in nice packaging with at least a partial manual, and at least some degree of tech support. There's also a third class which is "OEM branded". These are discs that are customized to install on a particular manufacturer's machines. In many cases, they will only install on particular hardware and come prepackaged with special drivers. OEM branded discs can't be used with Parallels or Boot Camp. [/QUOTE]
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