To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 1:10 PM
Subject: Re: Nero DVD burner
Do you install the retail version of Windows on the computers you build? Is the OEM version that you install any less functional on that machine than the retail version? Why is is so much less expensive than the retail version? How many customers go out and buy the full retail version of Windows after buying your machine with the OEM install?
I install the OEM version of Windows XP Home. Although my supplier says I am required to buy hardware with a single pack, I just bypass this requirement and always buy a 3 pack. I have no reason not to believe the files are the same on OEM, Upgrade or Full. Rarely does a customer buy a Full version of any operating system. If they do it is a mistake they are making when they should be buying the upgrade version. There is no reason to buy any version once OEM has been installed. I would hope that the Full version is more expensive is Microsoft's way of saying, "Buy from a reputable builder in our OEM System Builder Program and not that jerk who sells you OEM and sends you a screw as qualifying hardware." Think about it. The only legal way to buy Windows XP for a kitchen table build should be to buy the more expensive Full version. That is what it is for, computers that have not had any version of Windows installed on them legally that qualifies for the operating system upgrade to Windows XP Upgrade version.
I would love to see anyone who is allowed to purchase the OEM version of Windows XP be required to be a member of the Microsoft OEM System Builder Program. Then the authorized supplier would issue a password that you have to use to authenticate Windows XP OEM. The issuance of that password would prove to Microsoft that the OEM package was sold to an OEM who is in the OEM System Builder Program. Then each person who installed Windows XP on a self built computer would have to pay double for the Full version. Kitchen table builders do not qualify as OEM's. Most ruin our reputation by butchering a new build for a friend. Then the friend will never buy another white box. If an OEM trusted a kitchen table builder he could sell them an OEM kit but his reputation would follow the computer wherever it ended up. Simply put, kitchen table builders cost us OEM's sales and at the same time many ruin our reputation.
I am one of the older ones and most of the component audio is gone because only 1 in 1000 can really hear any difference in
I never complained about the tuner-amps that are described as receivers. The word "receiver" does not technically mention that amplifiers are included, the pre-amp and the main amp. It is obvious that any receiver must include a pre-amp to give a line out.
Chuck
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