Any updates on availability of Windows XP?

  • Thread starter Thread starter Howard Kaikow
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Thee Chicago Wolf said:
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June 30th will be the last date you can buy XP Pro / Home in a retail
store. After that, it'll only be available from OEM on ultra low cost
laptops (for 2 years and it will be XP Home).
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Ouch, so I gotta buy a retail or OEM XP Pro by 30 June 2008.
 
Uncle!!!!

A bit ago, I decided to finally stop procrastinating about building a PC.

Instead of buying a full retail version of Windows XP Pro, it seems to make
more sense to buy an OEM vertsion that alreasy includes SP2c.

Cost is about $130 less, which is better applied to buying the bits of
pieces of a PC to build.

I ASSuME that the correct MSFT part number is E85-05040.
 
A bit ago, I decided to finally stop procrastinating about building a PC.

Instead of buying a full retail version of Windows XP Pro, it seems to make
more sense to buy an OEM vertsion that alreasy includes SP2c.
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I don't agree. In fact I think buying an OEM version is a very poor
choice. An OEM copy comes with several restrictions, the most severe
of which is that its license ties it permanently to the first computer
it's installed on. It can never legally be moved to another computer,
sold, or given away (except with the original computer).

Instead I recommend a Retail Upgrade copy, which in most cases can be
bought for very close to the same price. And contrary to what many
people think, an Upgrade copy *can* be used to do a clean
installation, as long as you have a copy of a previous qualifying
version of Windows to insert as proof of ownership when prompted to do
so. Worst case, if you don't have such a CD, you can buy a used copy
of Windows 98 very cheaply someplace like eBay.
 
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