![]() If you built your own computer – something many OSNews readers do, I’m assuming – you technically had to buy the full retail version of Windows. For OEMs and system builders, there was the OEM version, and, of course, you could always buy a full retail copy. If you needed a new computer, you could buy one and get Windows 7 pre-installed. If you had a previous version of Windows, you could buy an upgrade. Windows 7 could be acquired in four different ways, each with their own license. ![]() This time around, though, the company seems to be taking steps to make things easier, as Ed Bott reports. Usually, this is a game of ridicule as Microsoft comes up with ever more convoluted version schemes and EULA terms. ![]() With Windows 8 right around the corner, the usual game of reading the end-user license agreements and spotting the different versions is in full swing.
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