[blue]

What is this thing with Microsoft giving free/massively discounted copies of XP to people with pirated copies? Do they mean copies they bought and attempt to look legal, or downright burned copies? My new compy that I recently built is running on a pirated copy of XP that I previously had on my other compy, but the new compy doesn't seem to like the pirated XP in regards to networking, so I figure I might as well bite the 125$ bullet and get a legit copy...or get a new burned copy. Any enlightenment from the monkey masses?

 

[likwid]

The "catch" for the exchange program is you have to provide proof that you purchased the pirated copy, and from who.

IE: They're pretty much handing you a free copy of XP for burning a shop thats using pirated copies of XP on the machines they're selling.

 

[Transcend]

Nope, no catch likwid. Read it properly. You get a FREE copy if you can provide this info, otherwise you get a very steeply discounted copy (around $150 for pro).

I guess they figured $150 is better then $0.

 

[JRB]

I just bought OEM from 9software for like $110.