Buy a piece of hardware (small)

Post #272,855 by folkert 11/10/06 10:14:47 AM Reply	Buy a piece of hardware (small) and it qualifies for OEM editions. Here: Buy a power-splitter ($4 or so) and get WindowsXP Pro for $139 vs $299. Fun. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* Freedom is not FREE. Yeah, but 10s of Trillions of US Dollars? SELECT * FROM scog WHERE ethics > 0; 0 rows returned.
Post #273,050 by static 11/12/06 5:38:07 PM Reply	I thought of that. But I thought the OEM license was only valid with a hard drive or a motherboard. I don't need or want another of either one of those. Maybe it's time to go back to the computer markests... Wade. "Don't give up!"
Post #273,051 by Another Scott 11/12/06 5:43:52 PM Reply	Many places don't seem to care. I got an external DVD-RW for our Powerbook with the OEM copy of XP Home I purchased, but Newegg doesn't seem to require a hardware purchase with it. I bought an OEM copy of WPOffice on eBay a while back. They claimed they had to ship a splitter or some other nominal piece of hardware with it, but it wasn't in the package. Have a look around. You should be able to get a legitimate OEM copy pretty easily. Cheers, Scott.
Post #273,055 by Andrew Grygus 11/12/06 6:12:33 PM Reply	If I need a copy of XP OEM 'Right Now!' . . . . . I go over to PC Club and buy a Microsoft Mouse for $12 dollars and then they'll sell me the OEM XP along with it (and I'll sell the mouse to a client anyway). [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]

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