Where is the best place to get LEGAL Windows XP licenses/software cheap?

[SunnyD]

Seriously - single piece quantities, etc.

 

[Chronoshock]

1) Take SAT's
2) Apply to MIT
3) Get in
4) Get free student copy of win xp

 

[farmercal]

E-Bay?

 

[GoingUp]

student bookstore if youre a student... otherwise... ???

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
student bookstore if youre a student... otherwise... ???

not all College bookstores do this

mine charged more for Win XP then Staples did

 

[Krk3561]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
student bookstore if youre a student... otherwise... ???

not all College bookstores do this

mine charged more for Win XP then Staples did

Yea, its normal price here at Stanford

I have a friend who lives by Indiana U and Win Xp is $7 there and they wont even ask for ID.

 

[jordank32]

Originally posted by: Chronoshock
1) Take SAT's
2) Apply to MIT
3) Get in
4) Get free student copy of win xp

SATs - $29.50
Apply to MIT - $65.00

Total - $94.50

not sure if this is the cheapest

 

[Chronoshock]

Originally posted by: jordank32

Originally posted by: Chronoshock
1) Take SAT's
2) Apply to MIT
3) Get in
4) Get free student copy of win xp

SATs - $29.50
Apply to MIT - $65.00

Total - $94.50

not sure if this is the cheapest

Lol good point , OEM licenses are around 80 I think?

Yeah, newegg has academic licenses of xp pro upgrade for 84 bucks

 

[RagingBITCH]

Try PCMall.com - I know a guy there who spanked CDW's pricing on some Microsoft software by 15%.

 

[oLLie]

otherwise you ask a friend who has access to student bookstore prices. Better yet, find a friend who goes to a school with an agreement with Microsoft. At my school, we can download a bunch of Microsoft software (WinXP Pro included) for free.

Ollie

 

[thetman]

yeah.. 84 bucks at newegg, i think thats the cheapest you're gonna get

 

[SunnyD]

btw - not a student.

 

[yukichigai]

Originally posted by: farmercal
E-Bay?

Barely legal and risky. Microsoft's EULA states that you can't re-sell copies of Windows individually; you have to bundle them with hardware. People get away with this by shipping you a random piece-o'-crap hardware with the disc, so that you're technically buying the hardware.

 

[bingsoo]

This is easy. Microsoft employee discount (ie. friend discount) = $25 for xp pro (its where I get mine)

 

[eLiu]

Originally posted by: Chronoshock
1) Take SAT's
2) Apply to MIT
3) Get in
4) Get free student copy of win xp

wtf, seriously?! where can i get this free student copy of xp? (im starting in the fall)

 

[vshah]

Originally posted by: eLiu

Originally posted by: Chronoshock
1) Take SAT's
2) Apply to MIT
3) Get in
4) Get free student copy of win xp

wtf, seriously?! where can i get this free student copy of xp? (im starting in the fall)

MIT does it for free?!! bah...CMU makes us pay 10 bucks, but we can get as many copies as we want for $10 each. probably just go to the computer store with your ID card and they'll check you off and hand you a cd/license

-Vivan

 

[bleeb]

why would you want to pay for crap???

 

[Mo0o]

-Get job at microsoft
-Go to microsoft store
-Go things there are ridiculous discounts

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: bleeb
why would you want to pay for crap???

So says the guy who is wanting to pay for Anime DVDs in his For Sale thread.

 

[JulesMaximus]

I bought WinXP Pro full install from Newegg.com for $149 about a year ago.

 

[madogvt]

I've had to buy from these guys before. Not sure if it's the cheapest, but I think it's close to the best bet if can't use the other suggestions listed above. Direct Deals

 

[cw42]

Originally posted by: Chronoshock
1) Take SAT's
2) Apply to MIT
3) Get in
4) Get free student copy of win xp

Haha, i goto NJIT and I can get just about any version of Windows, along with almost any MS software free.

 

[MonkeyK]

Lots of schools belong to the Microsoft Academic Alliance. Many MS products are free - cheap, I got W2K server, SQL Server, Visual Studio, Project, Visio all free at University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)