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Windows in Bulk

Gorrillasnot

Gorrillasnot

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I see auctions on ebay where people have tons of non brand specific OEM XP forsale. My question is who supplies them?
I like to build cheap PCs for family and friends and to sell ocasionally using a mix of new and used parts. I have no problem with putting together a PC for less then $200 in parts, but I usually cant include an OS unless the buyer want's to pay extra for it. Back in the day I just used my trusty 98SE OEM, but with XP thats no longer possible.
Is it possible for the average Joe to buy Windows XP in bulk at discounted prices? If so where?

thanks
 
You can get it at newegg for ~$150 iirc. That's $150 less than the retail version, and is fully legal. I think people need to start realizing what the OS actually costs. Many people have no idea how much M$ is raping until they are putting together a computer and can't get a copy of windows from the "computer guy" they know.

I know these are people you know and like, but if you are putting together $200 machines, chances are they are not playing the latest and greatest games, but just doing some web surfing and word processing. Through a copy of ubuntu on there, which is easily the best n00b linux OS out there right now, and see how they do. It's free. :beer:
 
Originally posted by: rmrf
You can get it at newegg for ~$150 iirc. That's $150 less than the retail version, and is fully legal.
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Actually the differential is a bit less, full retail-boxed (legally re-usable) XP Pro is currently $230 at Newegg.
I think people need to start realizing what the OS actually costs. Many people have no idea how much M$ is raping until they are putting together a computer and can't get a copy of windows from the "computer guy" they know.
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If I spend $300 in 2006 for Vista at full retail, and use it for its ten-year lifespan, that's $2.50 per month. I could spend $500+ for the latest version of Photoshop or $900 for the latest version of Lightwave or... I don't even know what SoftImage|XSI Advanced costs, and probably don't want to... and I doubt they will be releasing updates every month for 120 months for a nearly-infinite number of possible hardware/software permutations for any of those softwares. Making a production OS and committing to support it on a huge range of hardware for ten years might justify $2.50 per month. 😉

Not that I'm discouraging the Ubuntu idea if that works for what they're doing. But I think you see my point. Anyway, phatTweaker, WinXP Home Edition OEM is about $90-ish, isn't that low enough to keep your/their nose clean?
 
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