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tritium · 01-01-2004, 09:48 PM

http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthr...threadid=40155

We established that the $30 auctions and sales are of COA (certificates of authority) and according to the Microsoft website, this is illegal.

The OEM installs @ $130 are full version and of questionable legality. However, we did find www.newegg.com selling the OEM installs with a free audio cable (to cover the hardware sales requirement of purchasing OEM software). I say, if you're gonna go that route, then buy from newegg.com and skip the ebay seller that could have repackaged the software. At least with Egghead, you know that its a little bit more legit.

01-01-2004, 09:48 PM	#6 (permalink)
tritium Professor of Drinkology	http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthr...threadid=40155 We established that the $30 auctions and sales are of COA (certificates of authority) and according to the Microsoft website, this is illegal. The OEM installs @ $130 are full version and of questionable legality. However, we did find www.newegg.com selling the OEM installs with a free audio cable (to cover the hardware sales requirement of purchasing OEM software). I say, if you're gonna go that route, then buy from newegg.com and skip the ebay seller that could have repackaged the software. At least with Egghead, you know that its a little bit more legit. __________________ Blah.