(mumbles something maddening about Microsoft and taxes) Luckily, our district isn't in that boat. We're a Dell and Apple shop, and all our PCs come with Windows. For those who aren't... Yeah, that could be awful.
--Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:04:19 -0700 Subject: Re: Dell OptiPlex FX160 > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 3:51 PM, Matthew W. Ross > <mr...@ephrataschools.org> wrote: > > You'll have to buy Windows for the box, but hopefully you have > > some kind of volume licensing which will make that cheaper for you. > > Volume OS licenses are upgrade only. You either need to buy Windows > with the computer (OEM), or buy the FPP (retail box). If you're > buying this hardware and then using a volume license for Windows, > you're violating the license agreement and subjecting yourself to > legal liability. > > Have a nice day. > > > What sucks is that the bare bones MSI Wind ($150) costs only slightly > > more than an OEM copy of Windows Vista Business ($140). > > This is not a new development. There's a reason even Dell is > selling Linux systems these days. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
