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Upgrade or Full?

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thegloaming

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I need to purchase a copy of Windows XP Home for my very first PC, and I was wondering if I should buy the upgrade or just spring for the full version.

I have a legal license for Windows ME on hand, but is it better in the long run to have the full version around? I imagine it might be annoying come every reformat having to install Windows ME then XP.

Any thoughts on this?
 
Full is equal to upgrade in functionality. "Full" and "upgrade" are just licensing terms used to price the same software to new and existing customers. As long as you have your original ME disc, the upgrade will do everything you need and save you money as compared to the full.
 
M11 said:
Full is equal to upgrade in functionality. "Full" and "upgrade" are just licensing terms used to price the same software to new and existing customers. As long as you have your original ME disc, the upgrade will do everything you need and save you money as compared to the full.
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Right, but start with a clean install. XP will ask for the old ME disk to verify that you have something to upgrade. You'll get a smoother installation, in my opinion.
 
mosin said:
Right, but start with a clean install. XP will ask for the old ME disk to verify that you have something to upgrade. You'll get a smoother installation, in my opinion.
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Thats what I said. He should purchase the upgrade and keep his ME disc around for when it asks for it.
 
As long as Windows XP doesn't require me to install Windows ME before I install XP, I suppose I should save the 100 bucks and buy an upgrade. However, if I have some money left over from my new computer, I might just purchase the full version and not have to deal with Windows ME. I'd really love to forget that OS altogether, after running it on Virtual PC on my Mac...
 
thegloaming said:
As long as Windows XP doesn't require me to install Windows ME before I install XP, I suppose I should save the 100 bucks and buy an upgrade. However, if I have some money left over from my new computer, I might just purchase the full version and not have to deal with Windows ME. I'd really love to forget that OS altogether, after running it on Virtual PC on my Mac...
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The only "dealing" you do with ME is insert the disc briefly during installation to verify your ownership of a prior version. No ME BS is involved.
 
thegloaming said:
But don't the OEM versions require I use a certain kind of hardware configuration?
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No, just that you buy a piece of hardware that will run the OS in the same purchase.
 
M11 said:
Thats what I said. He should purchase the upgrade and keep his ME disc around for when it asks for it.
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I know that's what you meant, but I thought maybe it wasn't clear enough for everybody who might read the post. I figured a lot of people wouldn't reformat unless it was s-p-e-l-l-e-d o-u-t. :D
 
M11 said:
No, just that you buy a piece of hardware that will run the OS in the same purchase.
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I'm not quite sure what you mean by that. Are you saying that if I buy all my parts and the OS in one purchase, I'll be able to run the Windows OEM? Are you saying that the OEM restriction is based on legality, not necessarily on what hardware you have?
 
hes saying that you must buy some peice of hardware (even if its just screws, or a floppy drive) in order to get the OEM discount.

i say get the upgrade, you can just use the ME cd, or if your cool, you can modify a file on the cd and burn it again, and use it as a full version cd. but that takes alot of know how, and a few programs

the file you edit is just a ini file, btw
 
Falls Included said:
hes saying that you must buy some peice of hardware (even if its just screws, or a floppy drive) in order to get the OEM discount.
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Well, I was planning on purchasing Windows along with all the parts for my new rig, so I don't see why I shouldn't get the OEM version in that case.
 
thegloaming said:
I'm not quite sure what you mean by that. Are you saying that if I buy all my parts and the OS in one purchase, I'll be able to run the Windows OEM? Are you saying that the OEM restriction is based on legality, not necessarily on what hardware you have?
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It means that to qualify to buy an OEM copy, you have to purchase it along with say a CPU or a motherboard or some RAM, etc. It has to be a piece of hardware capable of running the OS. You can't qualify to buy OEM if say you buy screws, a case, blank media, an ipod, case fans, etc. You get the idea.
 
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