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    Raw Wave Rob Withey's Avatar
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    Bought all my OSes. DOS6.2 for the old car PC, Win98SE for home PC (then transferred to car PC when home PC replaced), WinXP Pro for the new home PC. 98Lite for car PC OS tuning.
    Old Systems retired due to new car
    New system at design/prototype stage on BeagleBoard.

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    Bought mine. Well not as a box at the shell, but it come with the computer.
    Also, most softwares is dirt cheap at your university book store. The one on my carPCs are from university book store for 10 bucks a pop. The catch is you have to be a student or university staff.
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    I own mine, as well.
    I was able to get an OEM discount as a result of workeing for an OEM.
    Have you looked in the FAQ yet?
    How about the Wiki?



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    Quote Originally Posted by MatrixPC View Post
    Bought mine. Well not as a box at the shell, but it come with the computer.
    Also, most softwares is dirt cheap at your university book store. The one on my carPCs are from university book store for 10 bucks a pop. The catch is you have to be a student or university staff.
    $10 for WinXP?

    Rafster

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rafster View Post
    $10 for WinXP?

    Rafster
    We get $45 for XP Pro. Not an upgrade or anything. It comes in a stupid little sleeve though instead of that blue 3 piece folding cardboard holder thing.

    I have bought 1 copy of XP Pro, and 1 copy came with my mother's Dell (Home), and I got Vista for free! (Not downloaded, M$ sent me a full copy and not beta either, although they did send me that too)
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    I have legal copies of Windows 3.1, Windows 3.11, Windows NT,
    Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP Pro, etc

    Yes I buy all the software I use, but at the same time I don't
    feel to bad about using it on more than one computer, as long as
    its just for me, at home, it is still stealing in a way tho, if it was
    for a business, then yes, every computer would have its own, but
    then again, I would use Linux

    I am feed-up with windows and have started using Linux here and there
    were I can, and I have decided to never use Windows Vista


    I was able to get a OEM of Windows XP PRO for about $50 about
    2 years ago,

    - were is that $10 WinXP and are your sure its legal,

    book store, LOL all mine has is pens and thumb drives,

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    Quote Originally Posted by 2k1Toaster View Post
    We get $45 for XP Pro. Not an upgrade or anything. It comes in a stupid little sleeve though instead of that blue 3 piece folding cardboard holder thing.

    I have bought 1 copy of XP Pro, and 1 copy came with my mother's Dell (Home), and I got Vista for free! (Not downloaded, M$ sent me a full copy and not beta either, although they did send me that too)
    Nice...

    Screw Vista though.... until SP1...

    Rafster

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    Oh and my laptop has a copy of TabletXP! So 3 official copies on 8 computers including the car... Hmmm. All personal use though and since there is only 1 me, I can't use the same "copy" simultaneously. And I think that is in the legalities of XP's TOS. You are allowed to install it on personal machines as long as only 1 copy is ever in use at 1 time. So shutdown, move to the next, ect...
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    Yup, 9.99 to be exact. Come with nothing but CD inside a clear plastic sleeve with the key sticker on the back.
    The u book store at our campus has lots of stuff including Adobe photoshop.

    I am in the market for a new laptop that come with Vista ready (1 PC 2 OSs)
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    Quote Originally Posted by jeffreyd_tx View Post
    Every OS that I have installed has a legit license. 1 in the car, 1 on both laptops, 1 media server, 1 HTPC in the LR, 1 gaming box and one test box.
    Now when you can't pay your bills everyone will know why.

    But at least I will be looking on eBay for your legit computers.
    Shuttle Sk41g,Xp Pro,2.4ghz Amd,250gb Wd 7200 Rpm Hd,2gb DDR Ram,Ati Radeon 9250,Sound blaster external,CarPC Pro v.2.5d SD Controller,7" Xenarc 700TSV
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