At 12:39 AM 8/4/2005, Ben Ruset typed:
XP OEM needs to be sold with a "non peripheral" part. That's about as unabmbigious as they put it. They are OK with it being sold with a mouse. I've seen it sold with an IDE ribbon cable as well.
I think you meant "ambiguous" which is "Open to more than one interpretation" according to dictionary.com whereas "unambigous" is "a single clearly defined meaning".
IMHO anything external to the box other than a mouse, keyboard, monitor & a printer is a peripheral such as USB hubs or webcams which doesn't exactly agree with what webopedia.com's definition of a "peripheral" which is a "computer device, such as a CD-ROM drive or printer, that is not part of the essential computer, i.e., the memory and microprocessor. Peripheral devices can be external -- such as a mouse, keyboard, printer, monitor, external Zip drive or scanner." Too me the mouse & keyboard are "part of the essential computer"
FWIW it's JMHO & YMMV but probably not. ;-)
