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How to purchase Windows Vista:
Microsoft no longer sells Windows Vista, though we will continue to support it.
Visit your local or online retailer to buy a PC with Windows Vista.
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Desktop operating systems /Latest service pack /End of mainstream support /End of extended support
Windows XP
Service Pack 3
April 14, 2009
April 8, 2014
Windows Vista
Service Pack 2
April 10, 2012
April 11, 2017
Windows 7 has been thrust upon me at this point.
I took the time to try and understand the difference between an 'OEM' copy and a 'Retail' copy.
the price difference is substantial...yet is the same program.
I found this comment...
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retail - you can install on any number of pcs but only one at a time and you can upgrade it and it wont ask you to renter the cd key
oem - you can only install on one pc and it stays with that pc and if you do a big upgrade it will invalidate it and you have to call up india
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I would like to think that this is my last computer....but that would be border line incompetency.
My options are narrowing down, but I quite sure Win 7 is in my very near future
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