Comments on: Can you buy an OEM copy of Windows XP Media Center Edition? Yes.

By: Ed Bott

Ed Bott — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:28:43 +0000

No, OEM copies of Office can only be sold WITH a new PC. That is your one and only opportunity to purchase an OEM copy at the discounted price. It must be preinstalled by the seller.

By: GOvind

GOvind — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:49:03 +0000

If we had purchased Computer alongwith Widow XP license copy in July 2006 , and if that time we had not put MS Office software like , Word , Excel Etc in our Computers, can we purchase OEM Copies of MS Office software in July 2009, If yes give me detail and if no , give me reason for that.

By: Thomas Hawk

Thomas Hawk — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

Michael actually does work for Microsoft and is a developer on the Media Center team. I met him at a Scoble dinner in San Francisco last year.

I think what Michael is saying is that “officially” the party line answer is no, but by merely bringing it up “unofficially” just between us kids, wink, wink, you might want to check it out.

Of course you can and it does work.

By: Chuck Lawson

Chuck Lawson — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

Hmmm… Very interesting…

I’ve bought two copies of MCE recently from a . The first time I happened to be buying a motherboard and a few other components, so I didn’t think anything about it.

The second time, all I bought was a copy of MCE and an OEM MCE remote. I’d wondered if they’d let me purchase it that way, and they did.

After reading this, I remember that both orders included a “freebie” — a hard drive “Y connector” for power. About $0.25 worth of occasionally handy hardware, and I tossed them both into my parts bin, but I was kind of confused as to why they included it. I guess this qualifies as a non-peripheral part though…

By: Chuck Lawson

Chuck Lawson — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000

oops — that was supposed to read “from a well-known online vendor”