VOT: A+

[Stephen]

OEM has no support from Microsoft that's theDifference

On 11/22/09, Trent Shipley <tshipley at deru.com> wrote:
> Right now the lab system has Vista on it.
>
>
> What evil consequences will befall me if I get the OEM version of XP?
> It is about $100 less than the generic XP shrink wrapped box.
>
>
>
> Technomage wrote:
>
>> they are still available at a lot of places:
>> amazon.com still has a few XP pro disks in stock
>> I purchased mine via a cheap online outlet (forgot the name) and got the
>> SP2 disk free.
>> ran me like $65.00 plus postage.
>>
>> 9software.com is a good place to look as well (found it via google
>> shopping)
>>
>> I suspect that finding win2k pro is going to be a bit harder as its been
>> 10+ years since its manufacture date and at least
>> 5 years since the EOL'ed it.
>>
>> Trent Shipley wrote:
>>
>>> (VOT -- very off topic)
>>>
>>> WARNING: MS Windows
>>>
>>>
>>> I am taking an A+ class at Rio Salado community college.  It covers the
>>> 2006 A+ exams which are all about the XP.
>>>
>>>
>>> I have a Vista computer I can use for tear down/rebuild.  I'd like to
>>> multi-boot to Vista, XP Pro, and Windows 2000 Pro, although losing Vista
>>> would be fine.  Where can I get  licensed copies of XP Pro and 2000
>>> Pro?  How do I get the think to multi-boot?
>>>
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