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Geek Culture / Where can I buy Win2k these days?

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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 15th Feb 2007 23:10
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A UK question, I'm not importing it.

I've looked on Amazon, only could find an upgrade from Win98 to Win2k Pro. I don't go on many 'PC parts' websites, but the ones I have visited (Ebuyer and Aria) don't sell it and I don't know any other sites, I would look at ebay, but I want to look at the alternative websites first, if anyone can give me a direct link to a reliable website, I'd be great-ful.

Why, Win2k? just in case anyone asks, well in another thread, my two options for performance are, more ram or Win2k, well as Win2k will run what I need and efficiently, and as my parents just bought me a laptop for university with the similar spec as this system (less HD space and a faster CPU and probably a worse GFX card) so instead of getting 2 ram upgrades, Win2k is the most sensible option, plus it's suppose to be more stable and more secure and the best version of Windows released.

Cheers.

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Posted: 15th Feb 2007 23:59
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You say you've checked Amazon, but there is this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B00004U7TD/ref=dp_olp_2/026-8041043-8722044

It is quite pricy; I wouldn't be prepared to pay that much for it.

My opinion would be to get it off Ebay in all honesty. Whilst you can't be entirely sure of the authenticity, you'll be able to find it for a lot less, I'm sure.

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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 16th Feb 2007 00:43
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Quite odd, I did a search on Amazon and only found the upgrade, hmm, must of skimmed passed it, I'm going crazy, or the internet is playing tricks with me again That is quite expensive, I'll look for the standard edition, or an OEM. If it all works out to be too expensive, I'll take the Ebay option.

Cheers.

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Van B
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It's Microsoft, they don't seem to grasp depreciation - I just ordered Office97, just the disks as Office licenses cover previous versions... £165!

It should be the same for Win2k IMO - anyone with a license for XP Pro should be entitled to use Win2kPro as well.


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Possibly, it seems quite expensive for old software as well, if nobody offers a good link, then I'll ebay it. But wasn't there "Win2k home" as well as Pro? I'm sure that would be cheaper, particularly the OEM.

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I've looked for a copy recently too, I lost mine and am really pissed. I checked Amazon and found copies, as well as on Ebay. It's shocking it still costs as much as Vista basic.

I'm not aware of any "home" version of Win2k, only pro and server. Win2k was never intended for typical home use but workstations like NT.

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Posted: 17th Feb 2007 03:46 Edited at: 17th Feb 2007 03:46
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Quote: "anyone with a license for XP Pro should be entitled to use Win2kPro as well."


Well in that case, should TGC offer up DBC for anyone who owns DBP?

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No, but they should offer DBP 5.0 to anyone who owns 6.0.

That's not as bad as you think you said.
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Posted: 17th Feb 2007 08:09
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Quote: "I just ordered Office97, just the disks as Office licenses cover previous versions... £165!"


all versions of open office ( mac win nix ) supoort the win 97 word format for free bro.

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