I don't see any such implication; I see a simple "here are two alternatives - choose the one you find most convenient".
That is what most would think. The quote c same from Microsoft. The preferred way now to install Windows is to do a download, read the documentation, put it on a USB and do it from there.
New motherboards have features the hate DVD does not handle as well as you would expect.
Which was the point of my rant. Using a USB resolves unforeseen problem. You just add a new file into the USB that corrects the problem.
The original post was about if he could get a retail DVD that could be used to install in the future on a new motherboard. The correct answer is either NO or a qualified YES. In the future. you will have to put stuff on a USB stick to help the instal, unless the motherboard just happens be fully compatibly with the old DVD windows.
I never meant to imply the DVD will always fail.
Nor did I mean it will fail often.
Rather, when it does fail you may not know why.
The specific case I think about is like this:You buy a desktop PC with Windows home preloaded.
You like it, but you what to the professional version. Instead of doing a download from the MS store, you go buy a new retail Windows professional DVD.
Install fails. Only error message is "Invalid product key."
It was documented on the MSN forums.The moderator on MSN tells you to do it from a USB.
You do. It works.
Please don't tell people it is always easy to install from the retail DVD.
