Get Vista OEM and Save Money
February 1st, 2007 | by Scott Weaver |
Just thought I’d clue you guys in. You can get full licensed copies of Windows Vista for much cheaper if you go the OEM route. OEM stands for Original Equipment Manufacturer and typically, they’re used for installations on new machines before they’re sold to customers.
These vendors are allowed to sell the actual OEM software, which comes at a much discounted price. For example, if you were to buy Windows Vista Ultimate edition, you would pay anywhere from $349-429.00 to get the full package; however, if you were to purchase the OEM version, you would spend roughly $205. No kidding.
For Vista Business edition, you would normally spend around $300 — the OEM version is in the neighborhood of $150. Similarly, for Vista Home Premium you’d normally spend $235 on average, while the OEM version would only run you only $121.
You can take a look at all of the cheapest OEM deals I could find by clicking on the link below. The Vista deals are at the bottom of the page.
Microsoft Windows OEM Packages from ComputersWorth
