Omega Owners Forum
Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Dave-C on 22 September 2009, 18:11:08
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http://www.cheapwindowsxppro.co.uk/?gclid=CMbOrJnahZ0CFVtm4wodylk9bw
Has anyone had dealing with this company, the price is hard to believe, isn't it? ::)
DC
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That's very cheap :-X, never had any dealing with the said firm.
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You have to pay for Windows? :o ::) ;D
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Website seems to be lacking a bit of info imho.
They quote an address on the main page, but precious little else.
Think I would steer clear myself.
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It's an OEM upgrade version, which means it's about the right price.
In order to legally use it, it would need to be supplied with hardware that already has an older operating system already installed (or supplied on disc).
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I think windows updater would spot that wasn't legal if, as KW says, you didn't already have a genuine version installed.
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I think windows updater would spot that wasn't legal if, as KW says, you didn't already have a genuine version installed.
As it goes Steve, all the older OS's that it is used to upgrade (Win 9x, Win ME, Win 2K) didn't have any validation checks...so it won't make any odds if the prevailing OS is bent.
In fact, the prevailing OS doesn't even have to be installed to use the upgrade disc legally.
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The item linked is about three times the price elsewhere! :o
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The item linked is about three times the price elsewhere! :o
It's 3 times the price elsewhere because you are looking at the retail version.
Read the advert carefully, and you'll see they are not offering anything near the full retail version.
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The item linked is about three times the price elsewhere! :o
It's 3 times the price elsewhere because you are looking at the retail version.
Read the advert carefully, and you'll see they are not offering anything near the full retail version.
I was looking at OEM elsewhere and it is three times the price, unless I am still missing something.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=OS-002-MS&groupid=33&catid=20&subcat=
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I suspect, judging by the Home use only its either:
1) HUP version (most likley going by description)
2) Replacement Media
Both come with a key, and should install no problem, but the licence is invalid (for HUP, your company has to have SA, for Replacement Media no licence is provided).
Doesn't sound like OEM
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The item linked is about three times the price elsewhere! :o
It's 3 times the price elsewhere because you are looking at the retail version.
Read the advert carefully, and you'll see they are not offering anything near the full retail version.
I was looking at OEM elsewhere and it is three times the price, unless I am still missing something.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=OS-002-MS&groupid=33&catid=20&subcat=
Thanx for the replies, Overclockers is about a quarter of a mile from me, try to avoid if possible they don't have a very good customer service department :-X
Think I'll look elsewhere....
DC ;)