WinXP Pro

[Rand Dusing]

I was looking on newegg.com and say XP Pro for Academic (Students/schools) for $81. Is this the same thing as WinXP Pro just you have to show proof of being a school/student?

[butch81385]

should be, thats what it usually means.. my sister was allowed to get one copy from her school (carnegie mellon university) for $10

[Rand Dusing]

my friends sister goes to University of Texas and he said you could get Windows XP Professional for 10 bucks or something. I thought he was lieing. Do you think it's true?

[butch81385]

thats how much i got mine for (through my sister), but then again my school (penn state) is selling it for like $80 for the upgrade

[Rand Dusing]

Was yours full version Professional? I'm going to have to talk his sister into getting me Professional for $10

[dr_roberts49]

I ordered the Academic version from Newegg on Tuesday, and FedEx delivered it today. It's the full-blown program. You can even do a new install with this product, if you don't want to just upgrade your current Windows version. I'm thinking about those choices right now.

Robert

[Rand Dusing]

If you did a whole new install with it would it delete your current programs?

[butch81385]

mine was full program and i did a new install on a new system

[dr_roberts49]

Rand, I have everything backed up, and will format the drive, prior to making a new install. After that, I'll just reload all my applications. All my data resides on my D drive, which I'll just leave alone.

Robert

[Rand Dusing]

OK