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PSE v4 OEM.

Bob Williams

2006-09-08, 6:17 pm

I was looking for best prices on PS Elements 4 on the internet.
Some places offered it for $89 and a few offered an OEM version for $39.
What is the difference?
Are the OEM disks less than full featured?....Pirated?
Does PSE v4 require "Activation" or " Registration" to work properly
like PS CS?
Thanks.....Bob Williams

Kingdom

2006-09-08, 6:17 pm

Bob Williams <mytbob@cox.nospam.net> wrote in news:wYMLg.7814$Mz3.3271
@fed1read07:

> I was looking for best prices on PS Elements 4 on the internet.
> Some places offered it for $89 and a few offered an OEM version for $39.
> What is the difference?
> Are the OEM disks less than full featured?....Pirated?
> Does PSE v4 require "Activation" or " Registration" to work properly
> like PS CS?
> Thanks.....Bob Williams
>
>

yeh fakes

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tacit

2006-09-12, 10:17 pm

In article <wYMLg.7814$Mz3.3271@fed1read07>,
Bob Williams <mytbob@cox.nospam.net> wrote:

> I was looking for best prices on PS Elements 4 on the internet.
> Some places offered it for $89 and a few offered an OEM version for $39.
> What is the difference?

The difference is the so-called "OEM" version is an illegal bootleg copy.

If you look online for OEM Web sites or you get spam in your email box
advertising "OEM" software, do a whois check on the Web site. You will
probably find that it is registered in Russia and hosted in China. The
vast bulk of these so-called "OEM" Web sites, even the ones that "look"
professional, are run by Russian organized crime; good luck getting your
money back when you realize you've been duped.

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Bob Williams

2006-09-12, 10:17 pm

tacit wrote:
> In article <wYMLg.7814$Mz3.3271@fed1read07>,
> Bob Williams <mytbob@cox.nospam.net> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> The difference is the so-called "OEM" version is an illegal bootleg copy.
>
> If you look online for OEM Web sites or you get spam in your email box
> advertising "OEM" software, do a whois check on the Web site. You will
> probably find that it is registered in Russia and hosted in China. The
> vast bulk of these so-called "OEM" Web sites, even the ones that "look"
> professional, are run by Russian organized crime; good luck getting your
> money back when you realize you've been duped.

I have not ordered anything yet. :-)
I wanted to touch base with you guys before acting.
Tacit,you mentioned in a previous post that Adobe did/does OEM Elements.

"Adobe did not make OEM versions of Photoshop 7 or
later; the only image editing program they OEM now is Elements."

That's why I thought that the $39 OEM version might be for real.
I thought the difference might just be that the OEM disk comes without a
manual or the pretty, glossy box that one gets at retailers.
Bob Williams

tacit

2006-09-12, 10:17 pm

In article <f_iMg.7853$Mz3.3532@fed1read07>,
Bob Williams <mytbob@cox.nospam.net> wrote:

> I have not ordered anything yet. :-)
> I wanted to touch base with you guys before acting.
> Tacit,you mentioned in a previous post that Adobe did/does OEM Elements.

Yes, there is an OEM version of Elements. However, that does not mean
that if you order from a Web site, you'll actually get the OEM version!
Software pirates have started using "OEM" to explain why their software
is so cheap, rather than telling the truth--it's bootleg.

In the US, selling OEM software separately from the hardware it
originally shipped with is still illegal.

--
Art, photography, shareware, polyamory, literature, kink:
all at http://www.xeromag.com/franklin.html
Nanohazard, Geek shirts, and more: http://www.villaintees.com

Bob Williams

2006-09-12, 10:17 pm

tacit wrote:

> In article <f_iMg.7853$Mz3.3532@fed1read07>,
> Bob Williams <mytbob@cox.nospam.net> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Yes, there is an OEM version of Elements. However, that does not mean
> that if you order from a Web site, you'll actually get the OEM version!
> Software pirates have started using "OEM" to explain why their software
> is so cheap, rather than telling the truth--it's bootleg.
>
> In the US, selling OEM software separately from the hardware it
> originally shipped with is still illegal.

Thanks for the heads up.
I'll look elsewhere.
Bob Williams