From: "Rich Gauszka" 

You can purchase XP oem from various online sellers and it's not tied to
specific hardware. The requirement usually is "must be purchased with
hardware" but the hardware requirement is rather nebulous

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=37-102-141&depa=6


"Jeff Shultz"  wrote in message
news:pan.2004.03.04.01.56.28.706736{at}shultzinfosystems.com...
> On Wed, 03 Mar 2004 16:51:48 +0000, Adam Flinton wrote:
>
> > E) That XP OEM is different in it's behaviour wrt all this compared to
XP
> > "retail box set".
> >
> > True or false?
>
> In some cases I believe this is true... it looks for it's specific OEM
> before beginning the installation. Or so it tries to tell me....
>
>

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