Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: Rasker on June 24, 2004, 12:37:59 PM
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Am thinking of upgrading to XP from Win2k, keep getting email offers for fully licensed complete version of this and other OS's for $50 +/-, am wondering if anyone here has done business with this group or knows anyone who has?
http://www.fathersquick.com.lowpriicebackup.com/index.asp
Am just wondering if this site is legit or whether Al Qaida has found a way to finance their activities by churning out offshore pirate software. :)
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Microsoft tightly controls the pricing and distribution of its operating systems.
Legally XP and 2000 can be sold, with the purchase of computer hardware (OEM copy) for $134.00 U.S.
These cheap deals are copies of the operating system, which means one day you are going to be in for a surprise when you have to re-activate the OS and can't.
Or worse, they won't even ship you a copy. Just take your money and run.
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Rasker,
I have a simple rule. If it seems too good to be true, most times it isn't. I just delete those emails. SPAM mail is poor advertising anyway and we shouldn't encourage them.
Just a couple weeks ago I turned a "free" computer telephone offer. Especially since they wanted all my banking information. Why would they need this if it free.
Shop wise dude
Acetnt
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I'm glad you guys agree with my instincts on that one. Here's a much less scary site offering full OEM version of XP Home for $69.99
http://www.salesintl.com/product.asp?0=218&1=235&3=13
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One thing to watch with OEM. Some people have had problems with reactivation after a motherboard upgrade. Apparently, a new motherboard can be considered creating a New computer, and with OEM they may not (and apparently in a number of cases have not) allowed reactivation.
If anybody knows differently let me know.
Charon