Ebay or ... http://www.microcenter.com/search/search_results.phtml?web_group=pc_desktop_refurb&product_type=refurb&search_within=xpsystem
Scroll down to the bottom. The cheapest I can buy a new copy of Win XP is $89 right now. You can buy a guaranteed PC from these guys with Windows XP for $119. Go figure.... Microcenter is a good outfit. I have been buying gear from them for 10+ years. Dave Gene Heskett wrote: > On Saturday 14 November 2009, Dave wrote: > >>>> Is there some preliminary step this .msi file needs to be treated to? Or >>>> is >>>> >> this just another attempt to see if they can make us run (choke, spit, >> upchuck) a winders box. They'll put me in an urn first. >> >> LOL >> Gene, it isn't that bad.... after the first dose of Windows ... >> everything gets blurry.. then clear then Bill Gates appears and leads you >> towards the light .. ;-) >> Hahahaha..... you guys kill me. :-) >> >> Bits, bytes, doubles, it's all software ..... same crap different day..... >> >> Take the leap. Go to goodwill and buy a used Windows box for $50 and run >> the software. >> > > Around here, anything capable of running winderz is $300 or more. I don't > consider a 266 mhz P-II to be capable of running windows, those I can get at > the curb with a short tour of town. Usually so full of viri that they can't > do anything in the 16 megs of memory in them. I used to pick them up and > salvage the cases, but I find I now have a surplus of those. All needing > surgery to accept an ATX PSU. > > >> Life is short. >> >> Dave >> >> Gene Heskett wrote: >> >>> On Friday 13 November 2009, Gene Heskett wrote: >>> >>>> On Friday 13 November 2009, Ian W. Wright wrote: >>>> >>>>> How is this software better than the free CamBam? How does >>>>> it compare with the full CamBam? >>>>> Ian >>>>> >>>> First I've heard on it. If I have time tonight (a funeral will waste >>>> the rest of the day & part of the evening) I'll see if wine can run it >>>> here. >>>> >>>> Thanks Ian. >>>> >>> Unforch, from root bash shell: >>> [r...@coyote misc]# wine CamBamPlus-beta0.9.7e.msi >>> wine: could not load L"Z:\\usr\\dlds\\misc\\CamBamPlus-beta0.9.7e.msi": >>> Bad EXE format for >>> [r...@coyote misc]# wine ./CamBamPlus-beta0.9.7e.msi >>> wine: could not load L"Z:\\usr\\dlds\\misc\\CamBamPlus-beta0.9.7e.msi": >>> Bad EXE format for >>> [r...@coyote misc]# >>> >>> file says its a M$ Office file so I just tried with the latest OOo, and >>> its choices of what it can load do NOT include any Microsoft Office bits >>> in the list. >>> >>> Is there some preliminary step this .msi file needs to be treated to? Or >>> is this just another attempt to see if they can make us run (choke, spit, >>> upchuck) a winders box. They'll put me in an urn first. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> --- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 >> 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - >> and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's >> new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
