Do not survey for the lowest price.

REMEMBER MY ADVICE BELOW:

Software price will not dropped just because the time factor.

Before Windows Xp is taken off the shelf, the Retail Price is still about RM3XX despite the fact that it is already gonna celebrate its 1 decade anniversary next year.



That piece of thing is the reason why you have to pay RM XXX for it.

If you snap the photo of it ( containing the serial), means the seller lose RM XXX indirectly. He can still sell though. But he is running the risk of getting into the trouble when the person who gets the key through the photo and the person who pays for it is blacklisted by Microsoft.

I am not saying that you would have this kind of intention, but you can see how "confidential" these things are.

For me, it is a rare scene and i will really grab it if i come across such a promotion.

Microsoft is gonna stop Windows XP support within 3 years if not for 2 year's time, i am not gonna spend money on Windows XP already.

Surveying is a right of the consumer. But like i said, it is a rare scene to see cheap Windows software promotion for me.

When it comes to Microsoft Windows, i do not actually survey for a price because even if it is cheap, it would hardly be over than RM50 and with the time and risk involved, i think I'll pass about it.

On the contrary, Antivirus software really have to survey kaw kaw (cukup cukup).

Wow, you sure about it?

I buy 1 Trend Micro IS before, it only costs me Rm30 and F secure IS for RM 39 only. Both for 3 users in 1 license key with CD.

Although they are 2008 version, but it can be used with the latest version.

That is what i am trying to say a month ago.

BSA is for the business concern. However, it is essential to support the genuine software for a few reasons:

1. If you are traveling aboard, there is a risk that you may get into trouble because you do not want to spend RM XXX and pay fine in RM XXXXX, not to mention of the risk of being jailed.

Today i come across this article: http://msn.finance.com.my/index.php/rss/4421198

I don't think catching software piracy is their main concern, but it still pose as a risk as well.

2. Enjoy the latest software features and best protection ever. I don't like to spend time to clear my PC when it is being infected with virus, although genuine software does not eliminate this threat, but it greatly reduces it.

3. When you buy a laptop with a OEM windows license, the entire amount is entitled to tax relief subjected to RM 3000 limit and only available 3 years since the last claim for the PC purchase. If you buy it separately, i am not sure. I heard that the amount might increased to Rm 3500 next year, but i am not sure because i did not go through the budget 2011.

Therefore, always try to buy the genuine software if you are able to buy it.

This post has been edited by Quantum_thinking: Nov 1 2010, 09:30 AM

Don't worry.

If it is pre installed OEM with COA on it, then it shouldn't be a pirated copy.

This post has been edited by Quantum_thinking: Nov 1 2010, 10:30 PM

You can buy from reputable shops such as The Hub in lowyat plaza.

You can also buy from person you TRUST.

Yeah, it is a huge investment at the end of the day.

Well, it is not the main reason though.

Yeah. But i think that is only X% among the ahem users if not for .XX%.

I wonder if Microsoft would compensate the people being cheated if they buy it as same as the market price?

Have anyone managed to get such a compensation?

Do you mean the sales person's name?

shop location is ok. But any reason we could use to get the sales person's name?

Usually the most we could get is alias only if we do not meet them for a brief period.

Me too. Thanks in advance.

Sounds good. But how can we verify your story?

Nice tip. I will spread this out.

Otherwise, there would be embarrassing consequences.

OEM 32 bit sell for about RM 280
OEM 64 bits sell for about RM 290
Retail version sell for RM 369 like that. including both DVD.

It is business. If they do not cheat you with counterfeit windows while promising you genuine Windows, there is nothing illegal about it.

The bottomline is that for the OEM must check for the COA. For the retails ones, always bring a piece of the DVD to prove that you pay for it.

Ingram Micro is a reputable supplier in Malaysia. It might be possible that the package might be RM50 cheaper than market price or more, depending how many units the seller buys as well.

My advice is that request for receipt when purchase and ask him about his details like the shop location and etc.

Anything can PM me.

Make sense as well. It remind me the fact that the windows over here can be activate in the SEA only.

Wow, so "kind" of you to buy such an expensive goods for reference purposes.

I am using a retail packaging of Windows 7 Home Premium MADE in Singapore. Why would Microsoft want to spend money to ship the Puerto Rico stocks here instead getting them from Singapore?

Even you have to let them make "profit"?

How buyers can check if the license they purchase is from a VAILD source?

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Added on January 6, 2011, 7:41 pmWhen my father's friend accidentally bought a Nokia phone, the X6 model is not "manufactured" properly. Means you can see that it is not "sealed" or broken signs.

This post has been edited by Quantum_thinking: Jan 6 2011, 07:41 PM