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06-02-2007, 10:26 AM
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Windows XP - OEM "qualifying proof of purchase"
I (hopefully) have finally decided on a laptop, but it has vista business. *gasp*. Anyways, Im thinking of triple booting Vista, XP Pro, and Ubuntu. I saw on neweggs website, though, something about "qualifying proof of purchase" eg receipts for a motherboard, proc, and memory. The laptop im buying has all of these things, but I'm not sure this is what they are looking for. Do I have to buy retail?
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06-02-2007, 12:45 PM
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I thought it was most anything counted like a cheap cable connector.
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06-03-2007, 04:26 AM
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I usually just take a small usb mouse with me, if I need to buy OEM software. This qualifies for the purchase.
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06-03-2007, 08:42 AM
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Looks like New egg has gotten big enough to have to worry about bending the rules, I know that you used to be able to buy a 99 cent cable splitter to qualify for OEM OS puchases casue I have done it myslelf but now they are asking for ..
"Qualifying proof of purchase must be recent receipts showing the purchase of a mother board, hard drive, RAM and a CPU. The components can be on multiple receipts; not necessarily all on one receipt nor on the same receipt as the qualifying Windows XP/Office 2003 that you purchased." And to answer your specific question, I believe purchasing a pre built PC is not going to show the purchase of each item they require so would not not qualify.
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06-03-2007, 09:47 AM
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