Where can I buy a new laptop with xp?

iwanttosave_2

Marty_J wrote: »

I'm sure we can get you a black turtleneck in no time. :cool:



I'm sorry.

Considering the company I work for, its sinful I know.


Moneygrabber thanks, I'll have a browse now xx

Money_Grabber13579

The only problem is that they are very pricey and you'd nearly be better buying a Vista one off the shelf, wiping it and and installing XP from scratch!

Here one place where you can buy XP:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Windows-Home-Service-Pack-English/dp/B0018RCADO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1240267478&sr=8-1

Can't guarantee that this will be the right version for you, depending on what you want however as a guide price on Amazon of £70, it certainly seems the cheapest way to go!

gjchester

Money_Grabber13579 wrote: »

Here one place where you can buy XP:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/

No it's not, it clearly states

This software is not intended for purchase or installation by consumers

It's OEM software and only licenced for use with new hardware if built and supplied by a Microsoft registered system builder.

In reality it will work, but it will only ever activate once, further installs can usually be done by phone but it's at Microsofts discression. Ignore the comments in Amazons reviews about wireless not working, it's the same XP as from anywhere else.

I'm sure someone will chime in saying it's genuine and legal, but it's not, it is genuine, but it's not licenced under the T&C of the sale and if your going to violate the licence terms and invalidate it as soon as you get it you may as well not bother. This issue isn't about it being genuine, it's about the licence you have bought.

The only legit way to buy XP is to buy a RETAIL NOT OEM edition boxed product and you'll pay full price for it ( Probably be around £130 for XP Home, £180 for XP Pro IF you can find it) or to buy a retail version or machine preinstalled with Vista Ultimate or Business and exercise the downgrade rights to XP.

As has been mentioned Dell will supply XP, and so will most big vendors, jsut select Small Business options when you go to the site. It will be more as you have to buy the more expensive Vista Business or Ultimate rather than Home Premium, and you may find the PC's are more business like and have less features but better battery life, and may cost more overall as they'll generally have next day on sit support rather than any return to base warranty.

I guess it depends how much you want to spend to get XP.

Jakg

You know I installed an OEM copy of Pro for the nth time last night, right?

I had to ring up but it's never been refused and it's one of the 2002 original keys...

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gjchester wrote: »

No it's not, it clearly states

This software is not intended for purchase or installation by consumers

It's OEM software and only licenced for use with new hardware if built and supplied by a Microsoft registered system builder.

In reality it will work, but it will only ever activate once, further installs can usually be done by phone but it's at Microsofts discression. Ignore the comments in Amazons reviews about wireless not working, it's the same XP as from anywhere else.

I'm sure someone will chime in saying it's genuine and legal, but it's not, it is genuine, but it's not licenced under the T&C of the sale and if your going to violate the licence terms and invalidate it as soon as you get it you may as well not bother. This issue isn't about it being genuine, it's about the licence you have bought.

The only legit way to buy XP is to buy a RETAIL NOT OEM edition boxed product and you'll pay full price for it ( Probably be around £130 for XP Home, £180 for XP Pro IF you can find it) or to buy a retail version or machine preinstalled with Vista Ultimate or Business and exercise the downgrade rights to XP.

As has been mentioned Dell will supply XP, and so will most big vendors, jsut select Small Business options when you go to the site. It will be more as you have to buy the more expensive Vista Business or Ultimate rather than Home Premium, and you may find the PC's are more business like and have less features but better battery life, and may cost more overall as they'll generally have next day on sit support rather than any return to base warranty.

I guess it depends how much you want to spend to get XP.

Correct.

For a very long time everyone has relied on the precariously worded license for the OEM and taken the interpretation as literal, myself included, where that is not correct. Retailers have been blaz! by offering OEM versions with a token piece of hardware which didn't help with the understanding.

kwikbreaks

You may encounter problems installing XP on a machine shipped with Vista. The first hurdle is likely to be getting the install to even recognise there is a hard drive present as modern machines use SATA drives and the XP install doesn't support SATA directly - you'll need to load drivers.

I got mightily hacked off with Vista and started installing XP on a Vista box I had. I simply couldn't find any XP drivers for some of the hardware so reluctantly restored the Vista install.

isofa

Had no problems installing XP Pro SP2 on a system with SATA drives, no drivers required at all...

XP is still being supported my MS, it's extended support from MS will run for about 3 years too.

kwikbreaks

That's strange - I had to naff about with nlite adding drivers and making a fresh install cd as my machine had no floppy drive and that's where the install wanted to load them from. I can only assume my XP install CD was older than yours.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Install-Windows-XP-On-SATA-Without-a-Floppy-F6-47807.shtml

Voyager2002

Search for the thread when I asked this same question a couple of weeks ago.

If you like Dell, go into the small business section of their website. You can order most laptops with XP installed, and generally have to pay an extra ten pounds. A better option than facing the potential problems of installing XP on to a Vista machine.

You can buy 'proper' XP media on Ebay, sent from Germany for about thirty pounds.

isofa

kwikbreaks wrote: »

That's strange - I had to naff about with nlite adding drivers and making a fresh install cd as my machine had no floppy drive and that's where the install wanted to load them from. I can only assume my XP install CD was older than yours.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Install-Windows-XP-On-SATA-Without-a-Floppy-F6-47807.shtml

It was a Dell Dimension (8400 I think), XP Pro SP2 install CD (MS original CD not a Dell restore), started a fresh with a brand new 500Gb SATA drive, no others installed, installed complete direct from CD, didn't add any dell drivers for anything - maybe a BIOS issue?