06-08-2004, 10:40 AM
i'm afraid it won't be so easy... have you read the small print...
This is a legal OEM version of Windows licensed by Microsoft to be sold with any "non-peripheral hardware component" and is bundled as such.
OEM versions are sold ready installed on a new PC, if you are lucky they may sell it to you with a new hard disk.
So you are looking at the Upgrade from Win 98 (£75), the Home Edition (£150 at eBuyer - ouch!!) or get a new hard disk (£30+) with the OEM version with Service Pack 1A. (£51.33)
why is nothing simple
This is a legal OEM version of Windows licensed by Microsoft to be sold with any "non-peripheral hardware component" and is bundled as such.
OEM versions are sold ready installed on a new PC, if you are lucky they may sell it to you with a new hard disk.
So you are looking at the Upgrade from Win 98 (£75), the Home Edition (£150 at eBuyer - ouch!!) or get a new hard disk (£30+) with the OEM version with Service Pack 1A. (£51.33)
why is nothing simple