"SX-25" wrote in message
m...

I found an unopened copy of Windows Vista at a yard sale last week for
$10. The guy said he bought it but then traded his laptop in on one with
Windows 7.

This is a good trick. Window 7 has not yet been released, IIRC, it's due out
in September. If there's a version of Windows 7 installed on the laptop,
it's either:

1) a beta version that's been hacked (they have shut off all the beta
versions already)

2) a "Release Candidate" version, either hacked or unhacked. If it's not
been hacked, it will expire and quit working the day the official release
comes out.

or

3) a pirate copy of the official release (or a predecessor of it) that was
leaked to the net.

Any way you look at it, the guy that bought the Windows 7 laptop should be
wary of the OS he's running.

or

4) He doesn't have the laptop yet, but has pre-purchased one with a factory
Windows 7 load.