Apparently, Microsoft is making the new Windows Vista retail version software license even more restrictive than the one that comes with Windows XP.

From ZDNet.com: 

[License] "...sections 15 and 16, "Reassign to Another Device," and "Transfer to a Third Party," are new. You can go read the exact terms for yourself. The [short] version is that you may "reassign the license to another device one time" or "make a one time transfer of the software, and this agreement, directly to a third party."

Currently, the OEM version of Windows XP doesn't allow you to move it to new hardware, but the retail version does allow you to move the OS to any hardware you want, as often as you need.

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