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i saw a link on Newegg.com for $147 for the Full version of OEM Windows XP Pro w/ SP1 (comes with hardware to make it legit). seems like good deal (XP Pro full goes for $299).

i noticed some people reviewed it, so i decided to read some of the poor reviews.

1/5 stars:
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Linux Red Hat 9 is better than XP, easier to use and more stable. Also you can easy run server from your PC, XP can't.
Buy Linux Red Hat 9 and see for your self.
PS;
No more scanning from XP info about you to microsoft, you want more security, Linux ix the only way.
There is 1 Millinon software already for Linux and most of them are free from Internet
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2/5:
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I own both OEM WinXP and Win2K, and found WinXP to be the slower more troublesome of the 2.
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1/5:
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I installed WinXP Pro (SP1 integrated) and upon the first boot, I experienced errors that occurred over and over such as shlwapi.dll crashing explorer.exe and a clean setup was rare (even after BIOS flash).
I recommend buying XP Pro w/o the Service Pack so you can "upgrade" at your own risk.
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2/5, some guy complaining that he can't do illegal stuff with it:
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I got this product and it worked on one of my computers. When i purchased Windows 2000, i could install it as many times as i want. With this version i could only install it on one computer. Newegg should put somthing that says this on the site because i would like to know that before i spend a lot of money for a liscense for only one computer. Other than that great OS.
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5/5, who seemed confused:
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Does this version have Office XP preinstalled?
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