Where to buy an OS...

[MilitantB0B]

I need to find a good (read, cheaper) source to buy windows XP from. The best price I have been able to find is 91 dollars for XP home, anybody have a nice little source they wanna share?

[AztecWarrior]

Don't get Home. I heard it's very user-friendly (read: dumbed down to attract rednecks and Mac users). You can't format without Microsoft's permission with Home.

I have XP Professional. I got it for...er...I'd like to use the 5th Amendment here.

[MilitantB0B]

Don't get Home. I heard it's very user-friendly (read: dumbed down to attract rednecks and Mac users). You can't format without Microsoft's permission with Home.

I have XP Professional. I got it for...er...I'd like to use the 5th Amendment here.
I know, I know, home sucks, but its for clients, and most of them are rednecks and/or mac users, so its perfect.

If anybody can tell me their sources for OS's, that doesn't involve incrimenating themselves, please do. :)

[Sputty]

Home is cheaper and more stable so :p

[NoSurrender]

www.newegg.com and click on software. its 94 but its newegg :)

[Daleon]

Well if you work in retail any place that sells MS products, which if you sell systems and have your own business it probably counts. You can fill out a bunch of surveys and get MS products cheap. WindowsXP use to be there, not sure if it still is or not.

http://retail.microsoft.com/retail/training/signon.asp?fu=http%3A%2F%2Fretail%2Emicrosoft%2Eco m%2Fretail%2Ftraining%2Fprizeshop%2Easp%3F&cu=http%3A%2F%2Fretail%2Emicrosoft%2Ecom%2Fretail% 2Ftraining

[Rbstr]

you can get a full OEM version of XP home for $90 at www.ajump.com but you need to buy a pices of comp hardware with it

[MilitantB0B]

Anybody know if there is a way to just buy liscences? I keep building comps for fun and profit (mostly profit) and one of the things cutting into my profit margin the most is having to buy a copy of windows XP for 90 bucks a pop on each computer. Anybody know if there is a way to just buy the numbers needed for legit operation, but still using the same cd, and hopefully saving money?

:)

[Rbstr]

There is a way but i do not know how to go about that, its normaly done with companies with lots of computers so they don't have to buy so many disks as that 3$ - 5$ increase adds up.

EDIT vistit their website to see if you can find out i'd be interested in that tow as i do the same thing, but i think that selling computers with Windows on it without their consent (and royalty most likely) may be a violition of some kind of law, i remember seeing that somewere.

[MilitantB0B]

but i think that selling computers with Windows on it without their consent (and royalty most likely) may be a violition of some kind of law, i remember seeing that somewere.
I kinda thought that, but as long as I manly do it small time, I don't think I'll get pinched. Oh well. ;)

[NoSurrender]

u can buy lincenses separetly. The thing is they are the same price AND its MSRP price 2.

[sutserikeru]

Home is cheaper and more stable so :p
true, but it sucks

[sutserikeru]

I need to find a good (read, cheaper) source to buy windows XP from. The best price I have been able to find is 91 dollars for XP home, anybody have a nice little source they wanna share?
i got my XP Pro from my uncle, who in-turn got it from his work for free :D

[Rbstr]

i use XP home, its far better than all the other os's i've used including 2k pro, but it does lack some secrity features but nothing i would realy ever use, its also misses remote desktop stuff.

[Daleon]

Well I work for a MS Partner, so anything MS I get monthly in a book of cds or can download from net anytime heh.

[Rbstr]

do you have any of the longhorn builds?

[NoSurrender]

umm asking that can get u banned. Warez=ban or illegal software and having longhorn atm is illegal unless ur super important.

[Ait'al]

Why cant you mention Code sources for bios?
Cant you mention the code for the 875 itself? the rest is just some programming. I though this was under the same category as Showing how to Over Clocking manually?

Edit:Cant you mention the code for the 875 itself?

ME: Der, Im funny arent I! :D

So when did they stop supporting that sorta thing. With the P1s?

And ive only seed the Home version for like 99$

Theres always Oem or :brow: "old junker" comps on Ebay or whatnot, that you can get it from. Just make sure they have the Hard copy with them.

[Daleon]

Yes we have Longhorn, half the net does actually heh. We've had it for a while as we always annouce support for new MS products simultaneous with them at their launches like Titanium and Office 2003.

I haven't bothered with it yet as there is nothing really impressive in it yet. Use to be the MSDN stuff never registered with MS and you could install as much of it as you wanted, now the new stuff registers, crud.

[Rbstr]

Longhorn is in alpha testing there is no NDA about it or any thing like that, if he has it its perfectly leagal, its not like i want it or anything, would be way to much of a hassle

PS ait what the hell are you talking about you make no sence at all in this thread

[NoSurrender]

its aital wut do u expect...

[Ait'al]

its aital wut do u expect...

What he said.

[Gigabein]

If you know any college students, ask them to go to their campus book-store and get hooked up with their studend discount. Sometimes they get sweet deals.