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 Mar 23 2007, 09:17 PM
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 . Given that Vista is still in beta, I have decided to buy XP Professional. Buying OEM is certainly the cheaper route to go, but then do I give anything up? What would motivate me to spend the extra money on retail?Thanks for the help. bg04 -------------------- "Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal." -Albert Camus
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Mar 23 2007, 10:40 PM
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 Bleeping Diesel Addicted Group: BC Advisor Posts: 1,631 Joined: 23-January 06 From: Huddleston, VA USA (Home Sweet Home) Member No.: 51,954 |
You will not give up anything buying an XP Pro OEM. OEM OS's are made available to PC builders at a lower cost to help raise the profit margin for the builders.
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Mar 23 2007, 11:26 PM
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Mar 26 2007, 09:43 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 490 Joined: 27-October 06 From: Illinois (the land of strange laws) Member No.: 92,392 |
Thanks for the replies. I was in my local computer shop and I asked the guy about it. My real issue is that I have a laptop and a desktop that I want to reformat. He told me that I would have to buy 2 copies of XP, so that each would work properly with regards to updates and such. Is this the case? I mean, that's a real way for Microsoft to put the screws to consumers if it is!
 Thanks bg04 -------------------- "Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal." -Albert Camus
"Chance favors the prepared mind." -Louis Pasteur "If a man does his best, what else is there?" -George S. Patton |
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Mar 26 2007, 10:04 AM
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arachibutyrophobia Group: BC Advisor Posts: 4,849 Joined: 4-March 05 From: Northern CA. Member No.: 13,532 |
Yep. M$ has it set so that your computer will be recognized along with your copy of XP, if you transfer this to another computer M$ it will not recognize it and won't allow updates.
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Mar 26 2007, 05:56 PM
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Bleeping Diesel Addicted Group: BC Advisor Posts: 1,631 Joined: 23-January 06 From: Huddleston, VA USA (Home Sweet Home) Member No.: 51,954 |
You should be able to puchase a corpoate version of Windows Xp that only requires one key to install and be legit. the question is is it going to be worth it. i couldnt find any info on XP Corporate so i dont know
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Mar 26 2007, 09:13 PM
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i am thinking you want to upgrade to vista from my assumptions in your first post...so i say go for OEM and then get vista after..you save more money
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