BraytonAK Posted January 8, 2002 Share Posted January 8, 2002 I paid $60 for my XP Pro copy, direct from Microsoft. Then paid $40 direct to Microsoft for XP Home. :-) My boyfriend and I also each won a copy each from Microsoft for answering some quiz questions on their web site before the official launch. Four copies, total. All Legit. $100 paid. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/10069-did-you-pay-for-xp/page/3/#findComment-78602 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prof. Frink Posted January 8, 2002 Share Posted January 8, 2002 Won a copy from the MS training. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/10069-did-you-pay-for-xp/page/3/#findComment-78616 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvorgold Posted January 8, 2002 Share Posted January 8, 2002 got mine for xmas Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/10069-did-you-pay-for-xp/page/3/#findComment-78640 Share on other sites More sharing options...
atomoverride Posted January 8, 2002 Share Posted January 8, 2002 Weasel: Alienware? I think not. VOODOOPC.com 20x better pc if your going to pay someone to build it. Also you people out there who go and spend all that money just because you like the case?, you can buy the ALIENWARE PC Case direct from the people they buy them from. I happen to know thier vendors. And they sell in 3 colors that look like them. http://www.chieftec.com/products/products.htm go there and you can get all kinds of cases. But the alienware OEM ones are nicer. :bandit: verto: I got encarta 2002 for free too from microsoft all legit. you just gotta read and look for deals. and microsoft does give free stuff. just gotta be first in line. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/10069-did-you-pay-for-xp/page/3/#findComment-78791 Share on other sites More sharing options...
babis Posted January 8, 2002 Share Posted January 8, 2002 got me the acd version.. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/10069-did-you-pay-for-xp/page/3/#findComment-78803 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stingray Posted January 8, 2002 Share Posted January 8, 2002 A little bird gave me a copy of the Corporate Edition XP Pro...:lick: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/10069-did-you-pay-for-xp/page/3/#findComment-78811 Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnIE Posted January 8, 2002 Share Posted January 8, 2002 Ditto... Corporate Edition XP Pro. Would love a paid for copy, but as I can't send my clients the bill for it, it's on Bill's tag this one. Thanx Uncle Bill! Shux... such a nice guy! :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/10069-did-you-pay-for-xp/page/3/#findComment-79104 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neoguigui Posted January 8, 2002 Share Posted January 8, 2002 i downloaded the pro corporate version on morpheus :bandit: Someone know what's the difference between the corporate version and the normal one ?? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/10069-did-you-pay-for-xp/page/3/#findComment-79113 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeet Posted January 8, 2002 Share Posted January 8, 2002 Originally posted by Neoguigui Someone know what's the difference between the corporate version and the normal one ?? Corporate version has an OEM number that does not require activation. Regular versions require activation. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/10069-did-you-pay-for-xp/page/3/#findComment-79116 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neoguigui Posted January 8, 2002 Share Posted January 8, 2002 Thanx ! hehe i've got both the 2 versions :D cause after i downloaded it someone burnt me the commercial one! i've got both the french and the us version!:bandit: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/10069-did-you-pay-for-xp/page/3/#findComment-79120 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_daemon Posted January 8, 2002 Share Posted January 8, 2002 Actually, I warez-ed it since Windows Whistler Beta 2. Every single build that came out, yes, I warezed 'em. I admiss. Ooooh I feel so guilty. But i'll end up paying for the pro version anyways, I'm buying a laptop next year from my college and they're selling Windows XP Pro @ educational price with it, amongst other developpement tools. Yaaay. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/10069-did-you-pay-for-xp/page/3/#findComment-79140 Share on other sites More sharing options...
verto Posted January 8, 2002 Share Posted January 8, 2002 Originally posted by Prof. Frink Won a copy from the MS training. wtf from where? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/10069-did-you-pay-for-xp/page/3/#findComment-79364 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khujo Posted January 8, 2002 Share Posted January 8, 2002 If you work for a qualifying company you could take a few pretty lame tests (i didn't even look at the material just took the tests) and a copy of XP Pro ends up on your doorstep, pretty good deal in my opinion :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/10069-did-you-pay-for-xp/page/3/#findComment-79370 Share on other sites More sharing options...
3nd3r Posted January 8, 2002 Share Posted January 8, 2002 i have had devils own since the dame it came out... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/10069-did-you-pay-for-xp/page/3/#findComment-79371 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZzPcPzZ Posted January 8, 2002 Share Posted January 8, 2002 Building my own customized computer: 800 dollars Getting DSL for a month from Verizon: 40 dollars Downloading WinXP CORP PRO from your friend: PRICELESS there are somthings people can afford, for everything else, theres Morphues :D got mines from my friend and it worked. b4 i had 3 other version, and they didnt. oh yah, i do have legally owned software... Windows 95 on floppy disk!:D :D :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/10069-did-you-pay-for-xp/page/3/#findComment-79382 Share on other sites More sharing options...
verto Posted January 8, 2002 Share Posted January 8, 2002 hahahha, i love them mastercard commercials! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/10069-did-you-pay-for-xp/page/3/#findComment-79385 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Posted January 10, 2002 Share Posted January 10, 2002 Warez it first to see if it was worth it... And then paid ?120 today, for Windows XP Pro OEM - Purely becauseI>did> like it. I bought Windows 2000 Pro. Bought NT4 Warezed 98 for 1 year trying to decide if it was worth it... decided against it. Warezed ME for a month or two to decide if it was worth it... decided against it. 95 came preinstalled on my first computer. Conclusion... anything based on the NT Kernel rocks, stability and speed are the deciding factors for me, and with XP supporting all my games better than 98/ME did... what else is there left for me to say? Edit: So, if Microsoft continue to turn out OS's of XP's standard, they can count on me to be a paying customer. PS: I wouldn't have had to "warez" XP to see if I liked it if they had cared to release a trial version of the FINAL xp, instead of those RC's they sent me. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/10069-did-you-pay-for-xp/page/3/#findComment-81052 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prof. Frink Posted January 10, 2002 Share Posted January 10, 2002 Originally posted by verto wtf from where? umm MS? They had little things where you answer tech questions about xp and if you answered them all correct (there was more than one test) you were in a drawing or something to win a copy. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/10069-did-you-pay-for-xp/page/3/#findComment-81062 Share on other sites More sharing options...
atomoverride Posted January 11, 2002 Share Posted January 11, 2002 Microsoft had a training thing for people who worked in retail. Well even if you didnt work at a place you could tell them you did by using a store number off your recipt. then sign up at the microsoft retail training website take some stupid test (or use the answers you got from someone else.) and they ship you free ****. November was Windows XP Pro full OEM Not for retail version. December was a Holiday Pack, included: FrontPage 2002, zoo tycoon, flight sim 2002 pro, fligh sim 2002 pro t-shirt, picture it! platinum, encarta 2002, asherlons call, age of empires gold edition and aoe 2, all full versions all free. I and many other people have sold our crap on ebay. FrontPage 2002 fetched 100$ and I am giving away windows xp pro on my website. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/10069-did-you-pay-for-xp/page/3/#findComment-81539 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypercube Posted June 6, 2002 Share Posted June 6, 2002 I bought XP pro for 199 when it first came out and got a scanner, mcafee virus scan, ram, cd burner...:D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/10069-did-you-pay-for-xp/page/3/#findComment-287388 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timan Veteran Posted June 6, 2002 Veteran Share Posted June 6, 2002 yep i bought 2 of em yep 2 of em. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/10069-did-you-pay-for-xp/page/3/#findComment-287390 Share on other sites More sharing options...
flakingbiscuit Posted June 6, 2002 Share Posted June 6, 2002 Originally posted by fr33k i paid for my copy sort of :) yup. i did the same thing :paranoid: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/10069-did-you-pay-for-xp/page/3/#findComment-287401 Share on other sites More sharing options...
devobitch Posted June 6, 2002 Share Posted June 6, 2002 i bought win 3.1 then 95 then 98 then xp pro for $300 then xp home for $88 looks like i am one of the few that pays for stuff i am glad i am not in the software bizness youd all be riping me off not nice Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/10069-did-you-pay-for-xp/page/3/#findComment-287415 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jago6498 Posted June 6, 2002 Share Posted June 6, 2002 Last time I paid for a an OS was back in 1999 (I think) and that was when I bought my computer with a dual boot of 98SE and NT4. I built my current machine myself. But when I build a machine for someone else, he/she buys a legal copy that way I don't get in trouble. I've had WinXP Pro since a month before it was officially released, I downloaded it using Direct Connect. God I love that program!!!:D :D :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/10069-did-you-pay-for-xp/page/3/#findComment-287440 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timan Veteran Posted June 6, 2002 Veteran Share Posted June 6, 2002 the only os i have bought was osx :) and it was worth it GOES ON MY PC SO GOOD ;) *lets see how many people say how do you get osx on your pc ykaykaykakyakykakyakykak Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/10069-did-you-pay-for-xp/page/3/#findComment-287442 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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