Windows XP prices

[Jb]

I notice windows XP Pro SP2 is about half the price it is here (UK) Whats to
stop me buying it there and using it here?

Thanks

Jb

 

[Roy Coorne]

I notice windows XP Pro SP2 is about half the price it is here (UK) Whats to
stop me buying it there and using it here?

Nothing - If it is a legal copy.

r c

 

[Conor]

Nothing - If it is a legal copy.

I think he's on about buying it in the US and using it in the UK to
take advantage of the exchange rate.

 

[Jb]

Sorry didn't explain very well. Newegg in the US is selling XP Pro SP2 at
around £79 ($139). Some are even cheaper if you buy a 'component', a stick
of memory or suchlike.
As I'm going there in May I wondered if there was anything to stop me buying
it and bringing it back to the UK. I know it's only saving me about £20 but
it's better in my pocket than Bills and I will be there on holiday anyway.

 

[David Maynard]

Sorry didn't explain very well. Newegg in the US is selling XP Pro SP2 at
around £79 ($139).

Some are even cheaper if you buy a 'component', a stick
of memory or suchlike.

Those are OEM licenses and, if you worry about such things, are restricted
to the machine you first install it on, and put into service, as well as
the hardware you bought it with. Say you bought XP with a memory stick. You
put the memory stick in a machine and install XP. In Microsoft's terms that
becomes an 'integrated system', including the license. They become 'one
thing', inseparable. (which is why it's cheaper)

As I'm going there in May I wondered if there was anything to stop me buying
it and bringing it back to the UK. I know it's only saving me about £20 but
it's better in my pocket than Bills and I will be there on holiday anyway.

I doubt the £20 difference is going into Bill's pocket. More likely it's
going into your friendly UK government's import duty and VAT pocket, minus
perhaps a few p for overseas transport.

 

[MA]

Sorry didn't explain very well. Newegg in the US is selling XP Pro
SP2 at around £79 ($139). Some are even cheaper if you buy a
'component', a stick of memory or suchlike.
As I'm going there in May I wondered if there was anything to stop me
buying it and bringing it back to the UK. I know it's only saving me
about £20 but it's better in my pocket than Bills and I will be there
on holiday anyway.

The OEM version is £61 at Scan, you just need to buy a a nonperipheral
computer hardware component as well.

 

[Mxsmanic]

I think he's on about buying it in the US and using it in the UK to
take advantage of the exchange rate.

Still fine, as long as it's a legal copy. And there are advantages to
using the US versions (they have fewer bugs, and updates and fixes
come out sooner for them).