Question: What Is Windows 10 Oem?
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Amazon is selling pre-orders for Windows 10 on a USB stick.

The big difference between the USB drives (the “retail” versions) and the System Builder versions is that Microsoft offers support for the retail builds.

If you try and install the OEM version on a PC you are on your own.

What is difference between OEM and retail Windows 10?

Microsoft’s price for a download version of Windows 10 is £119.99. The second major difference is that whereas when you buy a retail copy of Windows you can use it on more than one machine, although not at the same time, an OEM version is locked to the hardware on which it was first activated.

Can I use Windows 10 OEM?

Nothing’s cheaper than free. If you’re looking for Windows 10 Home, or even Windows 10 Pro, it’s possible to get the OS onto your PC without paying a penny. If you already have a software/product key for Windows 7, 8 or 8.1, you can install Windows 10 and use the key from one of those older OSes to activate it.

Chloe Bennett

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