RE: Tenuously on-topic... Cheapest way to get WinXP..

["Alex Monaghan" <ha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ebuyer.co.uk and get an OEM copy is probably the cheapest. Technically you
need to buy a suitable hardware item, but I don't think they enforce this
via the checkout as I've bought OEM software (for a legitimate PC I'd made
with their components !) on a separate order when fiddling about with a
fre=
e
shipping offer on one occasion.

> Only on-topic if  HA covers PC <-> mobile-phone interaction :)
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> A friend had a Nokia 9100 - the old brick-like communicator.
> Well, after capsizing his boat with it in his pocket it=20
> stopped working!
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> So he got a Nokia 9300 from the insurance payout.
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> But... he only runs windows 98 (his little old lady=20
> accountant of X decades makes all her clients run the same=20
> OS) and it won't work with '98.
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> No original windows disks (pre-installed probably) so he's=20
> looking at =A3150 as the retail cost of XP - nice!
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> So what's the cheapest way to get a legit copy?
> I've seen 'OEM' versions providing you buy some hardware -=20
> any other ideas?
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> David