"Kevin Wayne Williams" <kww.nihongo@verizon.nut> wrote in message
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> Simon wrote:
>
> > "Kevin Wayne Williams" <kww.nihongo@verizon.nut> wrote in message
> > news:10eio0atcivg75d@news.supernews.com...
> >
> >>Simon wrote:
> >>
> >>>"Michael Cash" <mikecash@buggerallspammers.com> wrote in message
> >>>news:hv5ie0le1ts4vr7hunvhgb39obfm1677ol@4ax.com...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>On Mon, 05 Jul 2004 05:38:13 GMT, "Simon" <shepshep1@excite.com>
> >>>>brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Hi all, we'll be visiting Japan later this year and my wife is
telling
> >
> > me
> >
> >>>>>she'd like the Japanese version of XP if its not too expensive. Does
> >>>
> >>>anyone
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>know any shops in Tokyo or Osaka where they sell XP cheep, I can buy
> >
> > the
> >
> >>>>>English version for less than 65 pounds in the UK so I'm hoping its
> >>>
> >>>similar
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>in Japan.
> >>>>>Thanks for any information.
> >>>>
> >>>>When you get here, buy the cheapest motherboard you can find and at
> >>>>the same time purchase a copy of XP which is meant to be sold as OEM.
> >>>>Much cheaper than just purchasing it the normal way. Throw the
> >>>>motherboard away.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>Thanks for the info.
> >>>You can buy oem software here without any hardware, is that not
possible
> >
> > in
> >
> >>>Japan?
> >>
> >>Can you buy OEM software without hardware *legally* in the UK? How? Why?
> >>
> >>KWW
> >
> >
> > You can buy OEM software and hardware (DVD writers etc) separately at
most
> > of the PC shops I use. Why buy it in a nice box with a load of
instructions
> > I'm not going to use when its available in a cellophane bag much
cheaper?
> > As for legality, why would it be illegal?
> >
> >
> That kind of "OEM software" is available in the US and (I believe) in
> Japan. You and Mike are talking about different things. The OEM edition
> of Windows XP is intended for manufacturers and home-builders. It is
> sold at a highly discounted price (usually around $100 USD), but the
> retailer is only permitted to sell it to people that are also buying a
> motherboard or bare drive (i.e., building a computer). Selling it to
> others would be violating the contract between the retailer and Microsoft.
>
> KWW

65 pounds is around $100 and I can buy XP home OEM for that price without a
motherboard, I'll not mention which shops then.
Simon