way or source to acquire a copy of XP?

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Uncle Scotty

Hi,

I have a Linux machine that I want to convert to an XP machine. What
would be the least expensive way or source to acquire a copy of XP?

Thanks, Scott
 
Full version of Home Edition with SP2 is about $180-$200, with Professional
running around $100 more than that.

If you have a qualifying product (such as Windows 98) already, then you can
get a Home Edition upgrade for about $100 or Professional Edition upgrade
for about $200. You can check your upgrade eligibility here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/upgrading/matrix.mspx

While these prices are just guidelines for what I see at legit sites,
anything significantly less probably isn't a legitimate copy.
 
Joe said:
Full version of Home Edition with SP2 is about $180-$200, with
Professional running around $100 more than that.

If you have a qualifying product (such as Windows 98) already, then
you can get a Home Edition upgrade for about $100 or Professional
Edition upgrade for about $200.
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And even if you don't already own a qualifying version, you can usually buy
a used copy of Windows 98 very cheaply. Since that's a legitimate way to
qualify for the upgrade version, and since the combination of Windows 98 and
an Upgrade version of XP will almost certainly cost much less than a Full
version, it hardly ever makes any economic sense to buy a Full version.

One additional point: OEM versions are also widely available at low prices,
and some people confuse them with the Full version. I almost recommend
against buying an OEM version, since it comes with several restrictions, the
most severe of which is that once installed on one computer, it can never be
legitimately installed on another.
 
Hi,

I have a Linux machine that I want to convert to an XP machine. What
would be the least expensive way or source to acquire a copy of XP?
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Buy the version of your choice from your favorite discount software
retailer. If you own the CD for a qualifying product such as Win98/95/ME/ I
recommend getting the retail upgrade version. It's about the same as a full
OEM, but does not have the limits on transferability.
 
Rock said:
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Ken, welcome back. Haven't seen you in a while.
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Thanks, Rock. I've been away on vacation. I just returned home late Sunday,
and have been feverishly trying to catch up with all the many important
things I need to do. I'm really just beginning to get back back into the
newsgroups today.
 
Thanks, Rock. I've been away on vacation. I just returned home late
Sunday, and have been feverishly trying to catch up with all the many
important things I need to do. I'm really just beginning to get back back
into the newsgroups today.
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Ah, cool. Glad the absence was for a fun reason.
 
Hi,

I have a Linux machine that I want to convert to an XP machine. What
would be the least expensive way or source to acquire a copy of XP?

Thanks, Scott
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Go to a university near you, and get a student to purchase an academic
version for you... A friend got a copy of XP Pro for $89 with his
campus ID.... MSRP was $199, Office 2003 Academic version was $129
normally $399, I didn't believe it until he showed me...

RedForeman
 
Uncle Scottywrote:
Go to a university near you, and get a student to purchase an academic
version for you... A friend got a copy of XP Pro for $89 with his
campus ID.... MSRP was $199, Office 2003 Academic version was $129
normally $399, I didn't believe it until he showed me...
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It's just not a purchase issue. The license requires you to be a student or
faculty/staff member of the academic institution to use it.
 
Rock said:
Uncle Scottywrote:



It's just not a purchase issue. The license requires you to be a
student or faculty/staff member of the academic institution to use it.
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To eliminate the great disparity in pricing, one might want to consider
the adoption of single-tier pricing...that is, one price for all. As a
corollary to this concept, it would also eliminate the different versions
of the EULA since only one version would be needed to suit all.
 
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