What is the most inexpensive way of getting Windows XP for a laptop (in
the UK)?

Thanks.

Quimbler wrote:
1. Steal it
2. Ebay
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"Quimbler" <quimbler@no-oneishere.co.uk> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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steal it.

Quimbler, <quimbler@no-oneishere.co.uk>, the deficient, molested
taxi-driver, and maker of the rounded part of spoons, yapped:


Stealing it and not getting caught.

Quimbler composed the following;:
Steal it.

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"Quimbler" <quimbler@no-oneishere.co.uk> wrote in message
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Buy an OEM copy and a power cord. Power cords qualify as hardware. No
kidding.

"Quimbler" <quimbler@no-oneishere.co.uk> wrote in message



Steal a laptop with XP on it.

Of course, the British sense of fair play when it comes to
stealing is precisely why prices for Microsoft products are
so high; To reflect the levels of piracy within the UK. You
thieving cunt!

--
Glorious Goitre
<titter>

Oxford Systems wrote:

Not as far as validating an OEM licence they don't. The OEM EULA states that
it must be an item of *NON* peripheral hardware (e.g. motherboard, hard
drive, graphics card, sound card, optical drive, etc) - peripheral hardware
(mice, keyboards, cables, printers, hubs, etc) do *NOT* qualify.
--
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on salads.

In article <a9sJd.7$21.5@fe81.usenetserver.com>, Miss Perspicacia Tick
says...


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-- George Patton

Miss Perspicacia Tick, <misstick@lancre.dw>, the diaper-eating, sordid
codpiece, and debt collector, quibbled:

Non-peripheral hardware, you fucking rag-headed slut, is any attachment that
is of minor relevance or importance. Much like you, for example. Thus by
definition, peripheral hardware is any auxiliary device or attachment that
is not essential to the functioning of the computer.

Since a computer will not function without a power cord, it is fuckwittery
in the extreme of you to suggest that a power cord is of minor relevance or
importance.

[Insert fuckwitted conflation with laptops and UPS systems here]

"Miss Perspicacia Tick" <misstick@lancre.dw> wrote in message
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Sorry, but you're quite wrong. A power cord is considered "non peripheral
hardware" as you can't run your PC without it. I just spent a full day back
in November going over licensing with MS in Atlanta. The power cord info is
direct from them.

That's right. Know why? Because mice, keyboards and printers *are*
peripherals and not required to operate the computer. The power cord is not
peripheral.

"Conor" <conor.turton@gmail.com> wrote in message
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S'okay. Microsoft disagrees with her too.

Oxford Systems wrote:
bulk from the manufacturer; cannot they sell the XP to you, with the
license key?

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 13:08:12 +0000, Quimbler wrote:

I bought it (through Ipex), and Office 2003, for AUD$33 each. Not that I
use them much. Even if you buy an OEM version, just who is being ripped
off?

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Registered Linux User #339345
Knowledge is power - Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est
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"Quimbler" <quimbler@no-oneishere.co.uk> wrote in message
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If you buy a retail copy, or a three pack of the OEM version, you don't.

Nope. Not legally. Distributors and resellers can sell you a single OEM copy
if you purchase qualifying hardware (like a two dollar power cord) or they
can sell you an unopened three pack with COAs without any hardware purchase
at all. Those that step outside the lines risk bringing down the wrath of
Redmond.

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 17:36:24 GMT, "Oxford Systems" <oxfordsystems@earthlinkdot.net>
wrote in 24hoursupport.helpdesk:

What's the cheapest way of buying and *keeping* XP if I toss my computer and get
another?

Oxford Systems wrote:
Thanks.

"Quimbler" <quimbler@no-oneishere.co.uk> wrote in message
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Maybe they have three PC's and need an OS for each. Maybe they plan to
re-sell the OEM versions with qualifying hardware. The three packs are
really meant for system builders. My point is that it is possible to buy
three packs without purchasing hardware and still be legal.

Certificate of Authenticity. It's the Microsoft sticker that gets affixed to
the case of the system on which the OEM version is installed. OEM software
can't legally be transferred to another system and soon, with the coming
"Genuine Microsoft" initiative, software that gets transferred or installed
on multiple systems illegally will slowly begin to degrade (through Windows
updates) until it finally stops working all together. That goes for MS
Office as well as the XP OS.

"Gloria Goitre" <gloria@my-shit-dont-stink.com> wrote in message
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pile of crap they call an OS, then more people would buy it legally. They
make around 86% profit on Windows sales
http://www.ananova.com/business/stor...1827.html?menu - now tell me who
the thieving c*nts are?

If they ploughed more money back into the OS for R&D to reduce the bugs and
security flaws then the cost of the software would be money well spent. But
it is much better to try and have a monolopy market where consumers don't
have a lot of choice so you can rip them off and make pots of money (their
loss making ventures are just further attempts to monopolise markets where
there is competition which they are trying to wipe out and control -
subsidised by the extortion money they earn from windows and office!!)

Apart from this one legally licenced window machine, I now run Linux on all
my others which is now getting to a stage where MS windows won't be needed
in the future.

"Tony" <ttiger@lineone.net> wrote in message
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And I'll stop you at your first logical error.

You show me where what you thought relates to that which I conveyed, then
you can reread the "You thieving cunt!" and explain where you thought that
was directed given no one, not even the OP, other than my post and other
posters suggested theft. And finally you moronic cuntard you may now FROAD,
"You thieving cunt!".

--
Glorious Goitre