When anticipating the purchase of Win 7 and searching for the best price in stores (where I received bad info from a couple of 'qualified' people), and on-line, I found this article on the ComputerWorld site. It's worth reading and could save you a significant amount of cash. Here's the link:www.computerworld.com/s/article/9140125-George

It's legal if you own a qualifying product. (key words highlighted)Of course, there's no real way for MS to check that you have a qualifying product if you perform a clean build the double-install method, so do with the information what you will. :) -GG

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