XP Pricing...

[pendo007]

Why can you go to google and search for microsoft xp pro and find it for anywhere from 50-199 bucks a copy. Are the cheap people out there really selling legit copies of this software?
For instance...

http://www.buy-oem-cd.com/?pid=350&cid=&cart=&page=winxppro

http://directdepot2u.com/item.asp?PID=671


That is just a taste there are lots of sites that are very similar.

 

[Tyler1989]

It's possible that they never updated their lists after price drops. I'd buy it from a store though. If I'm not mistaking XP Pro at a store is $100. And home is $50 I think.

 

[Jorsoft]

At most retail places Home is around $100, Pro $200. Buy from Newegg and it's a good bit cheaper : http://www.newegg.com/ProductSort/SubCategory.asp?SubCategory=368
I'm not sure about XP Media Center Edition, though. I've heard it's quite buggy

 

[SHAWN]

Boy its a good thing i dont pay for those kind of things

 

[Tyler1989]

Shawn I respect you but I seriously hope you use Linux then. You cannot buy Media Center legally from a store as it needs to meet certain hardware specifications from Microsoft. Normally to get media center it must come pre built to meet the specifications if I'm not mistaken.

 

[Osiris]

Yes you can. It's a 2 cd set.

 

[jakec]

I'd say its for real but I'd go and do some Legwork on my own and actually buy it from a person/retailer/store, not online. Some online retailers are fishy

Jake

 

[EricB]

Shawn I respect you but I seriously hope you use Linux then. You cannot buy Media Center legally from a store as it needs to meet certain hardware specifications from Microsoft. Normally to get media center it must come pre built to meet the specifications if I'm not mistaken.

I bought MCE 2005 for 130.00. you can also buy the TV tuners too. I paid 79.00 for an nvidia NVTV hardware encoder that only work on MCE. My Amd 3500 processor 500 gig drives 1gig ram is a machine that I personally built. you are mistaking it for MCE 2004

 

[talldude123]

just to let u know, the CHEAPEST way to get windows xp is on EBay or just a computer preinstalled with XP