This article explains the role of an OEM company and the OEM business model. OEM (pronounced as separate letters) is short for original equipment manufacturer. OEM is somewhat of a misleading term for a company that has a special relationship with computer and IT producers.
Fuzzy Notebook Evangelist. I am interested in a 3 year warranty on a high end R61 or T61 Lenovo laptop for home use, but unsure whether to get an onsite or depot warranty.
a c 441 D Laptop. 1: COA = Certificate of Authenticity which means its a real copy of win7. 2: You can purchase your factory disks right from Lenovo. The COA you have is for an OEM version of windows that MS sells to vendors really cheap and is not valid with other retail versions. MS does not support or let you download these versions; they 100% vendor supported.