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08-24-2005, 11:27 PM
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Should I buy OEM or Retail versions of XP?
Confused with what to buy. I'm debating if I should Buy oem or Retail, what are the major differences? I noticed that the price was WAY cheaper or an Oem, why is that? Any schoolin' would be appreciated.
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08-25-2005, 01:05 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Enid, OK, U.S.A.
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OEM, you get the disk with Windows XP on it, and that's it.
Retail, you get the pretty box and any booklets or user manuals that would come with the program. I don't know for sure if XP comes with a manual or not because I've never bought the retail version. I've always went OEM.
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08-25-2005, 01:42 AM
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Retail will give Microsoft support,OEM means you're the support.
If you have a previous OS on cd,Win98,95b or ME you can get the upgrade version and do a clean install with that. In that way you get the cheaper price and have Microsoft support. |
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08-25-2005, 03:11 PM
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the OEM version will be tied to that machine. with the retail u can transfer it to another machine; of course u have to remove the OS from the first PC when u transfer.
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