At 16:22 22.02.02 -0500, you wrote: >At 01:36 PM 2/22/2002 -0500, Paul Hutchinson wrote: >> > It seems to be getting difficult to buy Windows 2000. Computer Gate only >> > sells it with hardrive/motherboard/CPU orders, but a search did turn up >> > active auctions. >> >>My favorite vendor, PC Connection, has it in stock. > >For the price they want, I might be able to buy a CPU, hard-drive, and >motherboard from Computer Gate and get the OEM W2000 with 'em. Or for not >a whole lot more, I could get an HP Omnibook on ubid.com which also comes >with W2000. > >my point was that it is getting more difficult, I suspect that Microsoft >does not want the general public using W2000 any more, since it does not >have the perverse licensing scheme that comes with XP. I think I paid less >than $100 for my W2000 upgrade from NT.
As far as I know, it's legally to downgrade. That means buy XP and install W2000. Edi >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Abdulrahman Lomax >Easthampton, Massachusetts USA > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + IH electronic + Phone: ++41 52 320 90 00 + + Edi Im Hof + Fax: ++41 52 320 90 04 + + Doernlerstrasse 1, Sulz + URL: http://www.ihe.ch + + CH-8544 Rickenbach-Attikon + E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] + + Switzerland + + ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
