>> Can't you install the same OS that was on your old machine on the new
>> one? Then delete it off the old one (or maybe just not using it is
>> enough to satisfy the license terms?).
>
> No, Windows as to Version 7 needs to be activated, which means that your
> MAC-adress and other system specific numbers have to be registrated. Some
> changes were allowed (a new hard drive e.g.), but not a new machine.

If you bought the OS and have the original installation media then you 
are allowed to transfer the license to a completely new machine. I 
recently did exactly this with Windows 7 and it installed and activated 
with no problems at all (not even a call to Microsoft).

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