Planning on installing Windows 7 on ALOT of computers.

pparks1 said:

The Windows Home Family pack is the first time in Microsoft history that they will offer a discounted program for multiple installations like this. Unfortunately, to stay 100% legit, you end up paying large sums of money to Microsoft under their licensing. That's the primary reason why most of the world pirates and steals the OS's. Or uses alternative operating systems not-provided by the Redmond Washington giant.

Hmm.
Going back to the volume licensing thing..
Is there really any difference between a volume license and a regular license, other than a normal license can only be used once while a volume license can be used many times(afaik)?
And how much would one roughly cost?

See if this helps

Codfish said:

Hmm.
Going back to the volume licensing thing..
Is there really any difference between a volume license and a regular license, other than a normal license can only be used once while a volume license can be used many times(afaik)?
And how much would one roughly cost?

I think you have to be a 1) corporation 2) charity 3) educational provider or 4) government agency in order to even quality for this program.

The company that I worked for paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for our volume license agreement.

There is no way that that a volume license agreement would reduce your costs here.

Maybe an MSDN subscription would work for ya! The MSDN operating systems program is $699. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subs...ons/renew.aspx

pparks1 said:

I think you have to be a 1) corporation 2) charity 3) educational provider or 4) government agency in order to even quality for this program.

The company that I worked for paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for our volume license agreement.

There is no way that that a volume license agreement would reduce your costs here.

Maybe an MSDN subscription would work for ya!

I'm sorry again for asking such simple questions..
But what is that MSDN license and how is it different from a Technet license?

Codfish said:

I'm sorry again for asking such simple questions..
But what is that MSDN license and how is it different from a Technet license?

It's ok, I don't know the ins and outs because I don't own either.

Codfish said:

Hmm.
Going back to the volume licensing thing..
Is there really any difference between a volume license and a regular license, other than a normal license can only be used once while a volume license can be used many times(afaik)?
And how much would one roughly cost?

MS will gladly respond to your questions about this. Click the Sales link at Microsoft.com. Windows XP was sold in 5 packs. Enterprise licensing and volume licensing are two different things. You will get a price break per seat (unit), but the service agreement you need to enter into is more than you likely care for.

Antman said:

MS will gladly respond to your questions about this. Click the Sales link at Microsoft.com. Windows XP was sold in 5 packs. Enterprise licensing and volume licensing are two different things. You will get a price break per seat (unit), but the service agreement you need to enter into is more than you likely care for.

I can't seem to find the Sales link.
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Can you link me to it?

Just buy two family packs. It'll cost you around $300 for 6 licenses

Codfish said:

But I don't want to stray to illegal matters in doing so.

Is there any legal way I can install Windows 7(Professional or Ultimate) onto 5 or more computers, without spending like $1000-$1500?

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