On Saturday 20 March 2004 06:12 am, Frank Bax wrote: > At 10:26 PM 3/19/04, Erylon Hines wrote:
> > > >To make matters worse, the OEM's don't include a "real" OS disk with their > >machines. The crippled crap disk included is a "recovery" disk which > > formats the HD and returns the machine to the "factory" mode. Truly > > useless, but the end users pay anyway. > > I think here you are referring to the $35 version here. When I build new > systems, I get OEM media (a "real" OS disk) for CDN$220 for XP-pro - about > US$167. Must purchase hardware components at same time to qualify > though. Either way ($35/$200) there must be a license sticker glued to > case to prove OEM license. > > Frank Yup, the big guys--Dell, Gateway, Compaq, etc--the ones that MicroSux gives the sweetheart deals to. Not the full-install OEM disk that small white box outfits pay real money to buy. e
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