[Scgeeks] Re: Opinion wanted on new PC

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On 13.12.2007 19:17, Mike Easter wrote:

 --- Original Message ---

> indigo wrote:
>> Mike Easter wrote:
> 
>>> I wanted a legal version of XP to help my
>>> friends with their problems.
> 
>> difficult...but it's cheap ($304 wo/monitor) and has the flat form
>> factor I'm looking for. I can also get it with XP, not Vista, like
>> I'd get stuck with if I buy the 1Q775.
> 
> Naturally I would rather have XP than Vista -- the problem is that you
> don't really get a 'copy' of XP.  Instead you get an installed v. of XP
> which also has a lot of other junk installed -- presuming that HP
> handles that the same way as their Compaq division did for mine.
> 
> Those people who have 'portable' corporate versions of XP on disk, or
> those people who have pirated portable corporate versions as an ISO are
> in better shape than the people who just have a legal bloatware
> installed version and no XP disk.
> 
> Naturally it isn't that hard to get one's hands on such an ISO and a
> keygenerator, so that is also a possible solution to the problem.
> 
> 

XP Pro Software is still available from many "legal" sources. Google for
XP Pro Software, there are pages of hits including Amazon for instance.