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  1. September 1st, 2002, 10:34 PM #1
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    Wink XP Professional Retail or OEM?

    Besides Microsoft's No Support For Joo! and very little if any documentation with OEM copies, are there any differences with the OEM and retail versions? I want to purchase XP and just want to make sure I dont do a boo-boo.

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  2. September 1st, 2002, 11:00 PM #2
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    Only dif is OEM you must purchase hardware along with it (even if its a simm etc)

    As for the OS....no difference
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  3. September 1st, 2002, 11:00 PM #3
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    I've noticed no difference at all between the two. I've run retail (which came with my MSDN) and I've run the OEM version on my gfs machine. I can't see any difference between the two.
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  4. September 2nd, 2002, 04:46 AM #4
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    I thought retail earned you the right to bug m$ about stuff?
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  5. September 2nd, 2002, 10:53 AM #5
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    Originally posted by NooNoo
    I thought retail earned you the right to bug m$ about stuff?
    Thats what he said Besides Microsoft's No Support For Joo!
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  6. September 2nd, 2002, 11:09 AM #6
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    He did? Well I'll be....
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  7. September 2nd, 2002, 12:10 PM #7
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    Originally posted by NooNoo
    He did? Well I'll be....
    Actually, I made it all up
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  8. September 2nd, 2002, 01:12 PM #8
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    Thanks all! I dont need the retail so am going to look at OEM for me!
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