If you buy a full retail key from any less than Microsoft or a major retailer who back their sales it will never be discounted much more than the one here from MS. If you buy a genuine retail key it will cost far more, and you may have a hassle transferring the key or Digital License to the new PC - completely avoidable if you just buy a PC with the much cheaper license included. You would be better off buying a new PC with Windows 10 since that is by far the cheapest way to buy Windows 10 which has it's Product Key embedded in the UEFI firmware chip in BIOS. I'm Greg, an installation specialist, 9 year Windows MVP and Independent Advisor, here to help you. I hope this information has been useful, please let me know if you still need assistance. If it is a retail license, you can continue to make hardware modifications to your system as much as you want such as changing the motherboard or moving it to a different computer.īut with an OEM version the license is tied to the specific computer and hardware, so unfortunately you will have to purchase a new full retail Windows 10 license. This will affect the things you can do with the license. If you upgraded from an OEM Windows 7, Windows 8 or 8.1 license (meaning it was pre-installed on your computer), then your license carries the OEM rights.
If you upgraded from a retail copy of Windows 7, Windows 8 or 8.1, the Windows 10 license carries the retail rights from which it was derived.
That's depend, If you bought Windows 10 directly, either by having it pre-installed on your computer or by buying a boxed copy, you’re good to go: your license can be transferred to the new computer.īut if you’ve upgraded to 10 from Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 there are some restrictions:
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