Re: [tlug] xen and windows: Vista Forbidden (Almost, Not quite)

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

Maybe I should have written WITH A WINDOWS INSTALL DISK to
emphasize that was the whole point.  I expect that you'll have to be
careful and maybe look pretty hard to find such.

On 10/15/07, burlingk@example.com <burlingk@example.com> wrote:
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Stephen J. Turnbull
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 12:37 AM
> >
> > Except that current pricing means that you'll probably pay as
> > much for a
> > bare box as for one with Windows pre-installed.  If you get a box that
> > provides Windows on a disk, you'll have the manufacturer's drivers and
> > and disk.
> >
>
> Not many manufacturers do that though these days.
> Most of them pre-install it, lose the disk, and say
> "Good luck, If you have any problems, just run the recovery program."
> That was when I stopped buying pre-installed boxes. :/
>
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