[SC.LUG] Windows XP & Dual Boot Setups

Martin Linklater sc at mailman.lug.org.uk
Sun Jun 1 10:32:00 2003


On Saturday, May 31, 2003, at 16:58 Europe/London, Frank Mitchell wrote:

> I've only just discovered that if you buy a new PC from Curry's, a 
> Windows
> XP Installation CDROM is NOT INCLUDED. In fact they said nobody else 
> would
> include one, due to MS Licensing Restrictions. Am I the only one who's 
> this
> much out of touch? Are there any PC Suppliers who include an XP 
> Installation
> Disk? Can you even buy Windows XP in "stand-alone" form, as opposed to
> the Upgrade? It would certainly make a difference to the way I'd 
> approach a
> Dual Install.
>
> Faictz ce que vouldras: Frank Mitchell
>
Digital Networks UK supplied me with a dual boot XP/RedHat machine last 
year - with real install CD's. Not the cheapest PCs around but 
definately of high build quality.

http://dnuk.com/

- Martin