From: "Geo." 

You know, tying apps to the hardware could be a huge negative for MS. I
mean suddenly it's not an issue of being able to keep your old software so
you aren't anchored to a platform or OS anymore. Kinda makes investment in
applications a non-factor when considering a hardware upgrade.

Rich, someone needs to ask the folks in charge of Microsoft, "is this
really where you want to go today?".. because this is a case where
perhaps MS can pull it off for the OS (tying it to the hardware) but
allowing applications to do this is going to really hurt when it comes to
the fickle users looking at alternatives like Mac or Linux. Suddenly those
users have to buy new application software no matter what their upgrade
choices are..

Geo.

"Rich"  wrote in message news:45ba5662$1{at}w3.nls.net...
   I would recommend reinstalling any applications and migrating your data,

   If you have applications that are coupled to the old hardware the OS is
not a factor.

Rich

  "Richard B."  wrote in message
news:prbkr2l32mltbvmuu55d5i83lfh2h5gqqi{at}4ax.com...
  You have your current PC.  You decide to buy a brand new one, one that
  comes with XP preinstalled.

  How do *you* migrate all of your applications, some of which had to be
  activated on that old hardware, to the new hardware with minimal pain?
  Does this really require a corp key for the OS so you can image/move
  everything?

  - Richard

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