[X4U] Implications of Boot Camp

[Zane H. Healy]

At 7:55 AM -0700 4/6/06, Robert Ameeti wrote:
>At 6:27 AM -0700, 4/6/06, Kunga wrote:
>
>>OEM XP Pro is only $100.
>
>Unless you are a System Builder, that license will not work for a 
>user. You must be a builder of computers to use that license.

Not true.  You can buy OEM versions with a Motherboard or Hard Drive, 
though I've yet to see a copy for $100, around here they're $150.

The downside of the OEM version is that it is *LOCKED* to the 
motherboard you install it on.  You can replace things such as the 
CPU (my current P4 has gone through 5 CPU changes from the slowest 
possible, to the fastest as I've gotten ahold of faster CPU's).  I 
have a faster CPU and motherboard, but I can't move the OS over :^( 
The full commercial version allows moving to a new motherboard.

		Zane


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