> 4) Buy there the more expensive license, > with which you have to type in the license > key whenever you do a reinstall (well, of > course, why

> 4) Buy there the more expensive license, > with which you have to type in the license > key whenever you do a reinstall (well, of > course, why not paying more to have it > harder to use). it'll be MUCH more expensive. The list price of non-oem non-upgrade Windows 7 Home Premium is $199.99 as opposed to the OEM version which is ~$90 if you buy it on the web. I would assume that the hardware vendors get better prices from MS, say, $70, but what they are going to refund you is more like $30 or something. So even if (and that's a huge if) you can get your OEM license refunded, you still have to pay a huge premium to get that clean installation.