Josh McFarlane
darsant at gmail.com
Mon Nov 14 18:06:30 CST 2005
On 11/14/05, Kath Pelletti <KP at sdsonline.net> wrote: > Have any of you purchased or considered purchasing OEM versions of Office or Windows? > > Is there any guarantee at all that it will be the full version? And how do MS handle the activation aspect of Office with these versions? Can they be re-installed? It seems to be very difficult to find a list of *all* of the limitations of the OEM's. Is it in the hands of the distributor to select what goes into the package? > > Some of these bundles do look tempting: http://www.softdisks.net Legit OEM is the exact same as retail, minus any support options. IIRC, around SP1, WinXP Pro was $130 cost from Teir 1 distribution. If you have access to legal distributors such as Ingram Micro, then by all means, buy OEM when you're building the machines yourself. Technically it is suppose to be sold with a piece of hardware, which is why it's slightly discounted (but not a giant discount) Anything that is priced such as that site, well, is illegal. -- Josh McFarlane "Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding." -Albert Einstein