David W. Fenton / 05.3.10 / 03:50 PM wrote: >Well, keep in mind that if you choose WinXP or later, Microsoft may >or may not give you an authentication key. > >Keep those Win2K installation disks!
I have an OT question. How many machines can one XP installer install? I am still staying with Win2KSP4 on my 3 PCs because I just can't justify the cost of XP. My Win2K copy was legal copy of MSDN as well as Office. XP is not included with MSDN. On top this, unlike OSX and other Unix flavored OSes, Windows is still not true multi lang (MS sells Far East DLL package separately, and no, turning your system locale won't turn into true multi lang), I have to have native Japanese version, while Micro$haft _prohibits_ US retailer to sell non US Windows. They do everything, y'know. If I purchase single WinXP-JP and OfficeXP-JP package here in US, it will cost me $1,400 (MacOSX 5 license is only $180!!). I just found out one of my friend is coming from Japan in a few weeks. He can bring me XP-JP and Office-JP, but it still cost me about $1,000. There is no such thing as OEM version in Japan. If I can install only one of three machines I have, I just can't justify this cost, and will stay with W2K for ever. Any info is appreciated. -- - Hiro Hiroaki Honshuku, A-NO-NE Music, Boston, MA <http://a-no-ne.com> <http://anonemusic.com> _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
