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Windows XP for new MacBook

  • 07-04-2007 2:46pm
    #1
    Yoda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,853 ✭✭✭


    I've ordered a new MacBook which should be here before too long. I want to get XP Professional to put on it. Where should I get it? How much will it cost? I see a lot of different prices out there; OEM versions (whatever those are) cost a lot less than other ones. Anyone have advice?


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  • #2
    Rollo Tamasi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,514 ✭✭✭Rollo Tamasi


    I challange anyone to provide a cheaper prodider to a legitimate copy of XP - Student Options


  • #3
    Yoda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,853 ✭✭✭Yoda


    That's the upgrade, not the full version, and I haven't been a student for, um, a while now. Thanks though.

    So far I had a suggestion to go for an OEM version from Komplett.ie


  • #4
    Rollo Tamasi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,514 ✭✭✭Rollo Tamasi


    Yoda wrote:
    That's the upgrade, not the full version, and I haven't been a student for, um, a while now. Thanks though.

    So far I had a suggestion to go for an OEM version from Komplett.ie

    They don't do any checks.
    I have installed two copies of XP from them. Once on a Windows 2000 machine and the other time on Ubuntu. They are full versions.


  • #5
    lodgepole
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,810 ✭✭✭lodgepole


    Doesn't matter that they don't check, it won't be a legitimate licence.

    OEM from Komplett or Overclockers, their prices tend to be almost identical but vary a little depending on the strength of sterling.


  • #6
    xebec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,311 ✭✭✭xebec


    Lodgepole wrote:
    it won't be a legitimate licence.

    In what way won't it be legitimate?

    The onus is on the seller to ensure they're selling to a student, not on the buyer to prove to Microsoft that they are a student. I don't know about that company, but there is a company in Cork who sell to students for a similar price as that site and all the licences are genuine.


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  • #7
    Rollo Tamasi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,514 ✭✭✭Rollo Tamasi


    Lodgepole wrote:
    Doesn't matter that they don't check, it won't be a legitimate licence.

    Yes it is legitimate, how isn't it? They are an official MS reseller. They provide you with a legitimate serial number. There isn't much else to it really.


  • #8
    Oriel
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Oriel


    Right so, why is this in the Mac forum any longer?


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