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> A copy of Windows 10 pro x64 is $168... Cheaper on ebay. First sale doctrine covers you.
by 1996 6y ago
> A copy of Windows 10 pro x64 is $168...
Cheaper on ebay. First sale doctrine covers you.
- cable2600 6y agoI got a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate for free from Microsoft as part of a developers conference. Then I upgraded to Windows 10 Pro for free. I bought some Windows 7 upgrades and 8.0 upgrades that convert to Windows 10 as well. Microsoft has a good upgrade policy and the upgrade versions are cheap. I bought some when Amazon had a sale on pre-orders of 8.0 upgrades.
- TheRealPomax 6y agoUntil you discover it's an illegally sold volume license copy and the volume license gets voided. Fun times, fun times.
- Sohcahtoa82 6y agoDoes this still happen? I bought my Win10 Pro key from a grey market site for like $10, so I figure it's likely an illegally sold volume license copy. Yeah, I totally acknowledge that it could get voided, but I know several other people who have bought their Windows key from these types of sites, and none have ever had a problem.
- 1996 6y agoAnd in the worst case, buy another. As a customer, the question of the legality of the license key is not my concern. I purchased it, Microsoft checked it, while knowing my IP address, and decided it was good to go. The fault is theirs: if they don't want volume keys to work outside some markets, add some limitation like geolocalization.
- Sohcahtoa82 6y ago> And in the worst case, buy another. That would basically be my plan. If the second key got revoked, THEN I might consider buying a legitimate one.
- TheRealPomax 6y agoUsually only when the company that bought the volume license goes out of business, so not all the time, but it certainly still happens.