OEM? or full version XP

which should I purchase? the $125 XP Pro OEM or the $250 XP
Pro? . . . .. computer newbie here . . . . . thanks, Keith

I have posted several other messages here and I want to say thanks for
all who have replied with info and tips. . .

k. robinson wrote:
which should I purchase? the $125 XP Pro OEM or the $250 XP
Pro? . . . .. computer newbie here . . . . . thanks, Keith

I have posted several other messages here and I want to say thanks for
all who have replied with info and tips. . .

Same OS, just that the OEM version doesn't entitle you to certain call
in support services from MS...right?

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The full retail version gives you "support" from Microsoft which is a
joke 20 times out of 20. All Microsoft tells you is that either you
have to reinstall the OS or that it's a hardware issue and not your
fault. Often times they will ask for money just for talking to them.

You supposedly aren't supposed to move the OEM system to a different
machine but there are no meaningful technical limitations to doing so.

Pay the lower amount.


"BigJIm" wrote in message et...
I'm running OEM version and it works fine. Most of anything you need in
support is in the newsgroups and the knowledge base. I have also replaced my
hard drive and reinstalled it with no activation problem.


"k. robinson" wrote in message
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which should I purchase? the $125 XP Pro OEM or the $250 XP
Pro? . . . .. computer newbie here . . . . . thanks, Keith

I have posted several other messages here and I want to say thanks for
all who have replied with info and tips. . .

The 'restrictions' are the same, for either version.

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Wayne stood up, at show-n-tell, and said:

Also, are there some limitations to moving the OEM version to a "new
computer"?

"Strontium" wrote in message
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Right.

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k. robinson wrote:
which should I purchase? the $125 XP Pro OEM or the $250 XP
Pro? . . . .. computer newbie here . . . . . thanks, Keith

I have posted several other messages here and I want to say thanks
for all who have replied with info and tips. . .

Same OS, just that the OEM version doesn't entitle you to certain
call in support services from MS...right?


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You, probably, thought you weren't going to die, today...SURPRISE!"

-The main character in Postal 2

OEM for sure! OEM basically means no manual? and why do you need one..

"k. robinson" wrote in message
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which should I purchase? the $125 XP Pro OEM or the $250 XP
Pro? . . . .. computer newbie here . . . . . thanks, Keith

I have posted several other messages here and I want to say thanks for
all who have replied with info and tips. . .

You're correct. The retail version does not really offer any more
documentation. But, since when did Winblows ever? I think that's a more
pertinent question.

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You, probably, thought you weren't going to die, today...SURPRISE!"

-The main character in Postal 2

"Disc" wrote in message
.rogers.com...
What manual anyway? Windows boxed comes with a thin little pamphlet now.
Basically a manual still has to be bought .i.e you have to get yourself
out
to a bookstore and buy a seventy dollar Windows book.

Disc

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| OEM for sure! OEM basically means no manual? and why do you need one..
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| "k. robinson" wrote in message
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| which should I purchase? the $125 XP Pro OEM or the $250 XP
| Pro? . . . .. computer newbie here . . . . . thanks, Keith
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| I have posted several other messages here and I want to say thanks for
| all who have replied with info and tips. . .
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