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Where's cheap place to buy Windows XP Home Ed?

Discovering · 2004-01-14 17:35:46

I need to buy a copy of Windows XP Home edition (full version). I have looked on a few of the obvious sites like Amazon. The best so far was Komplett at €267 euro. Seems expensive to me. Anyone know somewhere cheaper?

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14-01-2004 6:35pm

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Discovering

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I need to buy a copy of Windows XP Home edition (full version).

I have looked on a few of the obvious sites like Amazon.

The best so far was Komplett at €267 euro.

Seems expensive to me.

Anyone know somewhere cheaper?

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#2 14-01-2004 9:01pm
Capt'n Midnight

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It seems expensive because that's what M$ price it at.

You could get an old OEM copy of windows off an old PC and upgrade it - unlike OEM the upgrade can be moved (not copied) to a different PC. If you are a student then you can get it at academic price.

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#3 14-01-2004 9:34pm
dazberry

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Unless you want to upgrade an existing OS, have XP coexist with another (MS) OS, or want the box and manual - just buy the OEM version for about 120ish.

I've never had a problem buying OEM versions, although I will admit that these have been for PCs that I've built from scratch, so AFAI(care) they were OEM installs.

D.

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