Frugal XP

    I've been running win2000 but have some new hardware (DVTV tuner)
that will need vista or XP.

   I've heard that sometimes you can get oem licences with some hardware
but have not personally seen this. Any ideas on getting a frugal copy of XP.

   Jeff

  Jeff wrote:

It might not be as frugal as XP, but I seriously recommend Vista over
XP. I used to run an XP powered desktop, but switched to a Vista powered
laptop aand it's a much more stable operating system. I have been
running the laptop now for about 10 months and have not had a single
issue. Where as on my XP desktop I had it crash (hard) every couple of
months.

 Just A User wrote:

   I've heard quite a few complaints about driver issues and some
software not running on Vista. Particularly with DVTV. With that said, I
have a new MB, new video card and new DVTV tuner and they all claim to
be Vista compliant.

   Jeff

 Jeff wrote:

Well it's your choice of course, but you can also run programs in a
previous version of windows using program settings. I think you can
change that option in properties section of Vista.

 

Personally, I'd stick with XP.  However, if you are interested in
using Windows Media Center for your HTPC, I've read some good things
about the Vista incarnation (but have not used it myself).

Newegg.com has XP Home OEM for $90 , XP MCE OEM for $115 and XP Pro
OEM for $140.  You might be able to beat that on some kind of
sale/rebate offer, but I haven't seen one for XP software in a while.

Dennis (evil)
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The honest man is the one who realizes that he cannot
consume more, in his lifetime, than he produces.