Ok someone stated compaq sucks that they have spyware and offer no
retail windows cd with there systems, im looking at bestbuy cause
thats where i got giftcards from all they have is mainly gateway
emachine compaqs and hp
sp what the heck is good?
I really do not think you will be able to buy a big brand PC that supplies
retail versions of XP. If you want that you really need to go with a
company who will build you a PC to order and add windows xp retail to the
order. This will probably cost you about $300 more.
Re: OEM CD & Product Key ...Retail windows XP can be transferred an unlimited number of times to ... Another of the many reasons you pay less for OEM...."cates2" wrote in message ... > Is retail version software locked in the same manner - that is, ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
RE: my PC is FUBAR im building another... what hapens to license? ... So if you originally bought a PC with Windows 98 and then bought a retail Windows XP Upgrade you can install that same XP Upgrade on this new PC you are building. ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
Re: Invalid Product Key ... > but we've lost the Gateway restore CD. ... > my retail WinXP CD & the product key from the laptop. ... So I used the key off the retail box. ... Retail and OEM keys aren't interchangeable. ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment)
Re: CompUSA - How can it close? ... I always thought Gateway had a second class product with third class ... Thinking more about in the 90s when the cw was that retail was dead. ... I had not heard about stores.... (rec.gambling.poker)
Re: Motherboard Replacement in a Gateway 500X retail desktop and X ... I have a Gateway 500X retail desktop that has a non-operational ... replace it or can I get another Gateway/emachine motherboard with a ... need to replace the motherboard with the exact model it came with. ...Gateway no longer makes the motherboard and/or won't support that machine, ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware)
