Ive seen many of them are selling, ppl say in reviews, which i dont know if they are to be trusted, those are volume licences sold at 20 to 30 a pop. So you get a theoretically valid oem licence in your mail. But is that all true or poo.
if it looks too good to be true then it probably is. if it smells like and looks like then it probably is a
Microsoft i doubt really care, as long as you are using there product. They accept probably this goes on. So, although ms probably do not like it, they prefer you to be using there product over others, and that you updated.
Retail is the version you want if you regularly upgrade your computer. If your hardware virtually never changes, or your using a laptop, the OEM version is cheaper, and the one to go for.
Since win 2.0 I have yet to see an user who bought a full retail licence. Theoretically OEM versions can't be sold sepearately, but MS Italy confirmed me that a bundle with a storage product able to boot a PC is sufficient to stay legit. Hence a floppy drive or a 4GB pendrive are enough. Translated in plain words that means "as long as you pay something to us, we are fine with you"
Officially MSFT didn't approve selling OEM systembuilder DVD's without attaching it to a real sold pc, but some time ago they didn't bother anymore and now we can by Home for @appr. 100-130 euro's (western europe) in main (online) pc-stores.
As I wrote (practically) that's simply not true. I have written communications with MS stating what I wrote above, that's not a my personal idea.
Sorry, you being an italian you know everything about everyting on the whole european continent. In my country it is what it is.....
What the hell has to do a written communication with MS with being Italian? Do you really don't have anything of intelligent to add other than a vaguely racist sentence?
Back to topic, no more flaming, enough reported posts... do you know why Windows 10 sucks? Because of threads such as this where people go berserk over each other. Back to topic now.