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right now I am being legal.
since it is on a 120 gb hard drive, I'll just transphere the hard drive over. NO questions ask. Also just call microsoft if you decide to install it and tell them that its in the original pc, and that you formated your drive due to some problems, they will then give you an activation code.
2002 Ford ZX2 5spd (2nd baby)
Former owner of 1998 Mystique (never filled the shoes on my first love)parents traded for new sable
Former owner of 1996 Mystique(My true baby  )
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i have every version of windows, (except Windows ME because it is a steaming pile of poo) and have never paid for one of them, and i never plan on buying one.
2000 Acura 3.2 TL
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Originally posted by FFE:
right now I am being legal.
since it is on a 120 gb hard drive, I'll just transphere the hard drive over. NO questions ask. Also just call microsoft if you decide to install it and tell them that its in the original pc, and that you formated your drive due to some problems, they will then give you an activation code.
... at which point you're no longer "legal". Just pointing that out, not making judgments.
My Windows status will remain undisclosed for the time being. 
Scott
Troll! '99 BMW 328i
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Originally posted by spacemonkey:
i have every version of windows, (except Windows ME because it is a steaming pile of poo) and have never paid for one of them, and i never plan on buying one.
I'm tellin'!!!!
Must be that jumbly-wumbly thing happening again.
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I migrated to the Mac back in the mid 90's after a really bad experience with Windows 95, got the Mac for free, and have been hooked ever since. Granted, some folks ask me about games. I tell them that I have a game system for that. Sure, there aren't many games for the mac, but that's not why I use it. I use it because Apple isn't so rabid about the software licensing. Why? Because I already paid a decent chunk for their equipment. No matter what, Apple still wins out. I have 10.3 on my PowerBook G4, and have been very pleased with the performance I've seen. I support Windows for the nation's self proclaimed #1 ISP, but when I get home, there's nothing I want to see more than my stable, reliable PowerBook. And if I need to run Windows Applications, there's Virtual PC, so I can have multiple instances of Windows, Linux, or whatever x86 based OS I choose.
I also do Mac repair part time for a local shop, and am in the process of getting my Apple certifications. Yippee!
- Ian in Tampa
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i have 3 copies of WinXP (2 pro, 1 home), ME, 2000, 2003, 98, and 95. why 3 copies? in case i lose a copy lol. actually, i dont know why, but i do, so whatever. i also recently (last week) added up retail value of all the install files i have, and let's just say i hit the low 5 digit range...yes, $10,000 in "illegal" software. oh well, c'est la vie.
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Originally posted by Davo7SVT:
Originally posted by baco99:
Originally posted by mbSVT:
Another reason to buy a Mac... FAR less viruses to worry about.
agreed! as soon as i finish school, i am going back to Mac. i hate windows. reading about their business tactics and strong-arming in class makes me hate them even more.
You should believe EVERYTHING you hear in class, especially if you go to school in New England!!! I bet they're all fair up there!
I'll agree that things tend to take a bit of a slant up there in the NE, but MS definately used some pretty blatant illegal manipulation when they tried to "integrate" Explorer into their OS, but still charge a "separate" licensing fee for it. They tried to tell the PC makers to pay twice or no OS for their machines. THAT was BS.
Not to mension the little pieces added to the old DOS & Windows OSes that were just kinda grabbed from cyberspace. No effort was made to compensate the programmers that created those nifty little utilities. Bad form MS.
Must be that jumbly-wumbly thing happening again.
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