x32 Only Full Retail

[seekermeister]

I think that I may have just burned myself. I just bought this from eBay:

Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Full BRAND NEW/SEALED - eBay (item 160383137739 end time Dec-01-09 08:55:53 PST)

I didn't notice until afterward that it only includes the x32 DVD and not the X64 DVD that I intend to use. I have looked at so many ads, all of which included both DVDs, that I failed to notice this when I should have.

Since I have an x64 Upgrade DVD now, would the x32 license key work properly to install as a full retail system?

 

[Jacee]

Windows 7 Professional includes 32 & 64-bit versions .... where did the 64-bit go from a 'sealed' box?

 

[seekermeister]

That is exactly what I thought. I'm still awaiting a response from the seller. In his first response, he claims that the software is available with either a single disk or two.

 

[zigzag3143]

Caveat emptor--Let the buyer beware

 

[seekermeister]

Yes, but the question remains whether it is true that MS releases single DVD versions of the full retail or not? Also, whether the license key will work properly to install from my upgrade disk or not?

 

[Jacee]

Even the upgrade editions include both 32-Bit and 64-Bit.

 

[patio]

I doubt MS makes a DVD with both ver. on it as it would exceed just barely the capacity of a dual-layer DVD...

 

[logicearth]

All the DVDs are exactly the same. Upgrade, Retail makes no difference. So the key you get with the other one could be used on the Upgrade disc. As long as you install the same SKU. It also does not matter whether the SKU is x86 or x64.

doubt MS makes a DVD with both ver. on it as it would exceed just barely the capacity of a dual-layer DVD...

It gets close to a single-layer DVD, but not any where near a dual-layer capacity.

 

[seekermeister]

Jacee,

I still haven't sent the payment via PayPal, and that is what I'm trying to decide. IF it is true that a sealed box version of the full retail is released by MS, then I will go ahead and pay for it, but I want to be certain, one way or another. How can I find this answer? When I have contacted MS in the past, about much simpler questions, I have never got a straight answer.

 

[Jacee]

This one includes both and is cheaper (free shipping)
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Upgrade - FQC-00130 |BuyDig.com#

 

[bigmck]

Windows 7 Professional includes 32 & 64-bit versions .... where did the 64-bit go from a 'sealed' box?

The OEM is sold with only one disk and that is what the Ebay site said, just the 32-bit. Microsoft FQC-00129 Windows 7 Professional Operating System 32-Bit DVD for OEM Computers Only 1 Pack-Best Computer Online Store Houston Buy Discount Prices Texas-Directron.com

 

[seekermeister]

I doubt MS makes a DVD with both ver. on it as it would exceed just barely the capacity of a dual-layer DVD...

No, not on one DVD, normally there are two separate DVDs in a box.

 

[seekermeister]

Windows 7 Professional includes 32 & 64-bit versions .... where did the 64-bit go from a 'sealed' box?

The OEM is sold with only one disk and that is what the Ebay site said, just the 32-bit. Microsoft FQC-00129 Windows 7 Professional Operating System 32-Bit DVD for OEM Computers Only 1 Pack-Best Computer Online Store Houston Buy Discount Prices Texas-Directron.com

I know that the OEM only comes with one DVD, but the ebay ad does not say that it is OEM, nor does the picture depict an OEM envelope, it depicts a box, which is for the full retail.

I don't understand your link, because it says that it is for FQC-00129, which is the sku for the retail, but the page that it goes to is for FQC-00730.

The eBay ad says nothing about OEM.

 

[seekermeister]

This one includes both and is cheaper (free shipping)
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Upgrade - FQC-00130 |BuyDig.com#

Cheaper because it is for the upgrade version, not the full retail.

 

[seekermeister]

I just got a second response from the seller, in which he says that it can't be used to install x64. Then he asked what OEM means, which is a cue to me that he doesn't know what he has.

 

[Dwarf]

Does the disk say OEM anywhere on it?

 

[seekermeister]

In his last response, he says that he doesn't have it in his posession yet, and thus hasn't seen it. Apparently he just used a stock photo for the ad. I just sent another message to him asking to cancel my bid, because I feel certain that it is OEM, and I don't want it.

I have tried to be careful reading those ads, because I have found that some are fashioned in a way that misrepresents the product, even by some larger retailers that know better, but this one caught me nodding.

 

[seekermeister]

We agreed to cancel the sale, but that is about all that we agreed to. He was somewhat hostile in his last response. I thought about responding to his remarks, but then thought that would be a waste of both of our times.

 

[Jacee]

Can you get him to (or did he) send some kind of cancellation on your behalf?

 

[seekermeister]

Yes, that has already been done.