[Request] Cheapest Win Xp Pro

ErinGoBrath

Hey,

I'm looking to buy the full version of windows XP professional.

Any idea where the cheapest place is to buy ?

Cheers!

Emboss

For a full version of Pro to buy in ireland you're looking at least 400 and about 270 ish for home

unless you REALLY REALLY REALLY need pro go with home

zAbbo

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=112890&cks=PRL

178ish OEM

Emboss

Originally posted by bazH
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=112890&cks=PRL

178ish OEM

afaik komplett won't sell an OEM unless you purchase hardware...

Emboss

pro retail http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=109312&cks=PRL

home retail http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=109311&cks=PRL

zAbbo

Get it here, http://www.jaguarcompsys.ie/components/index.htm#software

for 135 ex vat and buy any random piece of hardware, although when i emailed those guys they didnt care if you bought h/w or not

ErinGoBrath

Suppose I don't really need the Pro edition


Damn it's still quite expensive!

Verdammt

***OFFER HIDDEN***

padraigmyers

Originally posted by Billy-Joe
I'd love to say that I'd give you a copy if you were interested but that's not allowed here, is it ??

Verdammt

***OFFER HIDDEN***

Creamy Goodness

£98 on www.overclockers.co.uk which is €144 ish

savemejebus

a bit ot but can you upgrade from home to pro or do you need to do a new install

uberwolf

I reckon the hidden offer should get better hidden before a ban comes...

For your own good

Verdammt

Originally posted by uberwolf
I reckon the hidden offer should get better hidden before a ban comes...

For your own good

And by a wave of my magic wand, it's gone. !!!

Col_Loki

It really was more of a nicely phrased question wasent it ??

Well if you "gotta" buy it then the cheapest i can find is €75 for the home edition & €129 for the pro.......

http://www.jes-computer.de/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=154_16&products_id=9606

And by a wave of my magic wand, it's gone. !!!

lol

spongebob

USD 140

http://www.buycheapsoftware.com/details.asp?productID=438

Get s/o in the states to buy it and mail it to you.

M

bennyx_o

Originally posted by savemejebus
a bit ot but can you upgrade from home to pro or do you need to do a new install

Yes, you can upgrade from Home to Pro.

Dingatron

Well if you "gotta" buy it then the cheapest i can find is €75 for the home edition & €129 for the pro.......

Anybody used jes-computer.de for XP OEMs. I presume it would be a german edition?

TCP/IP

i will sell you a copy of Windows XP Pro unregistered for €100

Bannor

If you know anyone working in Microsoft they can purchase it in the company store for €30 - same price for Home or Pro edition.

C@non

i work in MS and i got it for Free :-p

muffen

i work in MS and i got it for Free :-p

I don't work for MS and I still got it for free.
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How could you even think that I pirated it... jeez.. my company paid for it

daveyjoe

Originally posted by Emboss
afaik komplett won't sell an OEM unless you purchase hardware...

Most of the time you can get away with purchasing a SCSI cable or something like that along with the OEM software.

unkel

Originally posted by muffen
I don't work for MS and I still got it for free.

SouperComputer

Originally posted by bennyx_o
Yes, you can upgrade from Home to Pro.

there is NO upgrade path from XP Home to Pro. You can only clean-install. This applies to retail boxed, full & upgrade editions.

Do you really need file encrpytion and to join a domain?

oneweb

Originally posted by ding
Anybody used jes-computer.de for XP OEMs. I presume it would be a german edition?

I'd have thunk the same thing. The descriptions seem to confirm it, with a 'D' appended (Deutsch?)

RobertFoster

Originally posted by Emboss
afaik komplett won't sell an OEM unless you purchase hardware...

Dear Customer,

OEM is not in a retail box and is to be sold with PC hardware, but this can be a mouse etc.

Best regards
Komplett

MarkR

Originally posted by RobertFoster
Dear Customer,

OEM is not in a retail box and is to be sold with PC hardware, but this can be a mouse etc.

Best regards
Komplett

Sweet. :-)

oneweb

Originally posted by SouperComputer
there is NO upgrade path from XP Home to Pro. You can only clean-install. This applies to retail boxed, full & upgrade editions.

That's incorrect. You can upgrade from XP Home to XP Pro, but you cannot go the other way (downgrade). Upgrade eligibility

oneweb

If you're a student or the guardian of one, or a teacher, look out for the Student License or Academic Edition. That's how I got my Office2000 and Windows2000 - at massively reduced prices

Elara have it - I'd advise you check it out before you buy - the procedure may have changed since my purchases.

SouperComputer

Originally posted by oneweb
That's incorrect. You can upgrade from XP Home to XP Pro, but you cannot go the other way (downgrade). Upgrade eligibility

have they changed it? I remember have a bitching session with someone at M$ about the lack of an upgrade path!