
You then install Windows 8 Pro on your PC. And you own a standalone (aka a System Builder) edition of Windows 8 Pro with its own product key. Let's say you own a new PC running the standard version of Windows 8. Microsoft certainly benefits from this new activation process since a Windows 8 product key embedded on one PC seemingly can't be used on another.īut therein lies the problem for the user. My hunt for the perfect Windows 8 convertible laptop.

