Anyone ever heard about this site

[tyler811]

This seems to good to be true but I know someone here has the straight. Please enlighten me. Posting here first and not hot deals because I dont know if site is legit.


XP Pro for cheap

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: tyler811
This seems to good to be true but I know someone here has the straight. Please enlighten me. Posting here first and not hot deals because I dont know if site is legit.

XP Pro for cheap

The "This product does not contain boxes manuals or technical support from Microsoft, but unlimited technical support is provided by us, and in addition a digitial manual is included on the cd." concerns me. If it was actually retail, MS would support it. Sounds like an OEM version being sold as retail. Of course, the 'What is OEM' link at the bottom sorta suggests that too...

Bill

 

[JLGatsby]

Originally posted by: bsobel

Originally posted by: tyler811
This seems to good to be true but I know someone here has the straight. Please enlighten me. Posting here first and not hot deals because I dont know if site is legit.

XP Pro for cheap

The "This product does not contain boxes manuals or technical support from Microsoft, but unlimited technical support is provided by us, and in addition a digitial manual is included on the cd." concerns me. If it was actually retail, MS would support it. Sounds like an OEM version being sold as retail. Of course, the 'What is OEM' link at the bottom sorta suggests that too...

Bill

From my understanding, you don't even get MSFT support for the retail version. Don't you have to pay for it?

 

[tyler811]

I read that and lok at this. This has me wondering too???


PACKAGING: Packaging: New Retail CD / Key

Windows XP Pro Full CD
Product Key for registration and Integrated EULA (license)
Service Release 1 for most current updates

That means it is SP1 if I read that right.

 

[mwmorph]

odd site. click on some other products and they dont show up. in fact only thr ones listed on thr home page show up. all others give this message. i wouldnt trust the site.
"Page Not Found

We're Sorry.

The page you are looking for cannot be found



Click here to go back
Click here to go to the home page"

 

[tyler811]

Newegg oem XP PRO

 

[randal]

Originally posted by: JLGatsby

Originally posted by: bsobel

Originally posted by: tyler811
This seems to good to be true but I know someone here has the straight. Please enlighten me. Posting here first and not hot deals because I dont know if site is legit.

XP Pro for cheap

The "This product does not contain boxes manuals or technical support from Microsoft, but unlimited technical support is provided by us, and in addition a digitial manual is included on the cd." concerns me. If it was actually retail, MS would support it. Sounds like an OEM version being sold as retail. Of course, the 'What is OEM' link at the bottom sorta suggests that too...

Bill

From my understanding, you don't even get MSFT support for the retail version. Don't you have to pay for it?

Correct. If you purchase retail MSFT products, you still have to pay for support separately.

 

[JLGatsby]

Originally posted by: randal

Originally posted by: JLGatsby

Originally posted by: bsobel

Originally posted by: tyler811
This seems to good to be true but I know someone here has the straight. Please enlighten me. Posting here first and not hot deals because I dont know if site is legit.

XP Pro for cheap

The "This product does not contain boxes manuals or technical support from Microsoft, but unlimited technical support is provided by us, and in addition a digitial manual is included on the cd." concerns me. If it was actually retail, MS would support it. Sounds like an OEM version being sold as retail. Of course, the 'What is OEM' link at the bottom sorta suggests that too...

Bill

From my understanding, you don't even get MSFT support for the retail version. Don't you have to pay for it?

Correct. If you purchase retail MSFT products, you still have to pay for support separately.

So what the hell is the difference between OEM and Retail versions of Windows?

 

[bsobel]

Correct. If you purchase retail MSFT products, you still have to pay for support separately.

This is incorrect. If your product was pre-installed or OEM, you have to go back to the seller. If you purchase the true retail version then 2 support requests (phone or email) are included in the price. Unlimited installation support is also given for retail users.

More info

So what the hell is the difference between OEM and Retail versions of Windows?

The OEM version is tied to the hardware it came with (usually the motherboard, but not always). And the support options are different (see above)

Bill