Solution: Windows upgrade at same (laughingly called a) discount & use an old copy of Win2K, 9X to validate. Not tied to hardware like OEM, just as cheap.
Ben Ruset wrote: > Take it up with Microsoft's lawyers. > > They say it's tied to the hardware. You either deal with the license or > you use Linux/BSD. > > The idea is that you buy the OS at a steep discount versus the retail > copy. If the retail copy offers no benefit to the end user versus the 90 > days (or whatever) support, why bother having two lines? > > > > Anthony Q. Martin wrote: >> why? I bought a copy with a PC...my hardware, I own it. I don't need >> vendor support after i know the system works. why should anything be >> tied to hardware and what makes hardware unique? Do we now consider a >> PC to be a disposable unit...don't fix it, change it, or upgrade >> it....just toss it out (OS and all) and get a new one? > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
