Vista - Pssst! Wanna Save $140 on Windows Vista?

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,129160/article.html

yes, some of us already know the trick, but for the new people, it's good
news.

"Zim Babwe" <zimbabwe@doyoureallythinkthisisreal.com> wrote in message
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> http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,129160/article.html
>
> yes, some of us already know the trick, but for the new people, it's good
> news.
>

You only save the money legally if you have a qualifying previous version
and you are not going to use that version on an other machine.
Just buying an upgrade versions without qualifying and using it is as much
piracy as ripping a full copy off some peer to peer source etc.
--
Mike Brannigan

>

>> http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,129160/article.html
>>
>> yes, some of us already know the trick, but for the new people, it's good
>> news.
>>
>
> You only save the money legally if you have a qualifying previous version
> and you are not going to use that version on an other machine.
> Just buying an upgrade versions without qualifying and using it is as much
> piracy as ripping a full copy off some peer to peer source etc.

It's old "news" anyway and yes, without a qualifying OS it is stealing.
There
are of course good reasons to implement this "trick", read here:

http://windowssecrets.com/comp/070208#story1

Regards,

Kai-Uwe