[thelist] Windows XP editions

[Ken Schaefer]

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From: "Tim Burgan" <burgan at iprimus.com.au>
Subject: [thelist] Windows XP editions


: I'm wanting to upgrade from Win98 to XP in order to install
: VMWare to test my sites in.
:
: I'm looking to buy a second-hand unused version that came
: bundled with a DELL computer. The seller says that this XP
: CD can only be installed on a Dell computer is this true??
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Hi,

No Dell OS CD that I've ever received has required that you have a Dell
machine. Some of the *other* applications that are bundled (notably WinDVD,
do a machine ID check before installation).

However, we buy Optiplex/Latitude/PowerEdge (i.e. from the Premier store),
so we may be getting a different deal to home users.

Now, OEM CDs are *licenced* to the machine that they are sold with. So even
if there is no technical barrier, you are still breaching the licencing
conditions by using the CD on another machine.

Cheers
Ken