[Nottingham] AOA150 Operating System

[Dan Caseley]

XP licensing can be either OEM or Retail.
OEM is tied to a piece of hardware, either by the manufacturer or by the
purchaser.
Retail is mine, and can be used on any one machine of my choosing.

Not sure if Windows 7 is still the same....

On 27 April 2011 19:26, Mat Booth <mbooth at fedoraproject.org> wrote:

> On 27 April 2011 17:20, Dan Caseley <dan at caseley.me.uk> wrote:
> > Afternoon all,
> > I'm looking to put my Acer AspireOne AOA150 on eBay.
> > It's currently running Linpus, Ubuntu, Joli and Windows 7, so I obviously
> > need to tidy it up before it goes up!
> > I'm not planning on selling the Windows license along with the machine,
> > and I'm looking for recommendations for which linux to put on the machine
> to
> > sell.
> > Linpus is crippled, but was the OEM selection.
> > Joli is so much more user-friendly, but is a little dependant on an
> internet
> > connection.
> > Ubuntu is fine too, but I loathe Unity.
> > Any thoughts? Any others to consider?
> > Dan
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>
> It's been a long time since I've used Windows. Are licences not tied
> to the hardware any more? I remember in the distant past not being
> able to install Windows on any machine other than the one it shipped
> with.
>
> --
> Mat Booth
> http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora
>
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