Re: [Hampshire] Windows Inheritance Tax

On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 17:21:05 +0100, cas194@??? said:

> Given that a fairly significant proportion of the price of a new machine
> is taken up by the so-called 'Windows Tax'

I think you'll find that the cost of an OEM licence is not as high as you
might think.

> I've been wondering how much
> of this gets passed on to the new user when a machine is sold
> second-hand.

My understanding is (or at least was) that OEM licences are not
transferable, so in theory at least the PC should have Windows removed
before being sold on. However, it's been quite a few years since I last
dealt with Windows licensing so things may have changed.

Keith