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i have 5 computers in my house will i be able to buy one copy of windows
vista and install it on all or most of my computers or will i have to buy
this expensive system for every computer?
 
Every computer

|i have 5 computers in my house will i be able to buy one copy of windows
| vista and install it on all or most of my computers or will i have to buy
| this expensive system for every computer?
 
You don't "have" to do anything. You can keep what you now use.

If you **WANT** to use Vista you buy a copy for each computer.

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Richard Urban
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Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
might try and get a multi user license for that many computers.
similar to what businesses do.



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i have 5 computers in my house will i be able to buy one copy of windows
vista and install it on all or most of my computers or will i have to buy
this expensive system for every computer?
 
i have 5 computers in my house will i be able to buy one copy of windows
vista and install it on all or most of my computers or will i have to buy
this expensive system for every computer?
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There's probably going to be some discount for multiple copies, just like it
was for XP. If I had 5 computers in house, I probably wouldn't care about
that, but that's just me :)

BTW Happy New Year!
 
You will need 5 upgrade licenses. Depending on which upgrade you do can run you from, in round figures, $500.00 (5x$99.00) to $1300.00 (5x$260.00).

i have 5 computers in my house will i be able to buy one copy of windows
vista and install it on all or most of my computers or will i have to buy
this expensive system for every computer?
 
zero3798 said:
i have 5 computers in my house will i be able to buy one copy of windows
vista and install it on all or most of my computers or will i have to buy
this expensive system for every computer?
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hehehe...good one! :-D
Happy New Year to you too!
Frank
 
If you have five -legitimate- licenses for W2K or above, then I think you're
OK to purchase an upgrade for each Vista licenses for each computer.

On the other hand... well, it all comes down to legitimate licenses, does it
not?

Lang
 
zero3798 ha scritto:
i have 5 computers in my house will i be able to buy one copy of windows
vista and install it on all or most of my computers or will i have to buy
this expensive system for every computer?
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You won't "have to" do anything you don't *need* to.

I do have multiple computers too at home, but only one of them will run
Vista as main operating system. The others will continue running 98,
2000, AROS and Linux as well.

On some of your computers Vista may be too heavy to run smoothly. If you
spent 5x the cost of Home Premium-ready hardware, OS upgrade won't
incide much on the whole price.

On the other hand, I'll be very glad if Microsoft decided to promote a
"family discount" with a huge price cut for a second and a third Vista
licence, but as far as I know they didn't. Regards,

p.bes
 
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