Cheapest place for full version of Home XP ?
 

Any ideas ?

D

If you check out the mail order mags like Computer shopper you will find that some sell an OEM version more cheaply that the best upgrate price I have seen of about £70

To qualify for the OEM price you have to order something else at the same time (anything cheap will do).

IIRC reduces price to abotu £50?

The upgrade version is identical the the full version except that during install it asks you to insert a 98/95/3.1/NT disk to prove you already own a version of Windows. This version can be used to install a fresh OS onto a formatted hard drive and their is no need to install a previous OS first.

David

I thought the upgrade would require an o/s to be fully installed before it installed on top of it. Can I insert a 98se update disk or does it have to be a full version ? I'll try computer shopper for the best £'s.

Thks,

D

ebuyer.com is a good price - £57

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=66489

See also http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal...ystems_20.html
Scroll down for XP Home & Pro
You may have to buy something else that qualifies as an essential item for building a new PC, ie a £5 CPU fan, to be legit.

Nick

Just hammered by local PC shop into £70 for OEM version. (Saves arsing around with mail order & PC bits I don't need.)

Thks,

D

How much would just the disk cost if you already have a licence.

been tempted to buy the legit xp pro corp edition :) and ive seen loads on ebay for buy it now £70 on a OEM version , i know once i enter credit card details in sound as my insuranc on barclay card is mint :D but there is alway something suspect about getting this software almost half price :eek: ive been tempted though,maybe il buy the original stuff when it goes xp pro 64bit ;)