>>OK, Foxperts,
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>>Let's say I've decided (on the basis of the new EULA and the costs involved), to be a good citizen and purchase MSDN (April 2003) to get VFP8 and the whole ball of wax.
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>>Now, later this year I'm buying new hardware (Dell, Gateway, whomever..) and I tell the sales rep "I already own a license for WinXP Pro".
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>>Will they sell me a system (for less $) with a blank hard drive?
>>Anyone have experinece with this?
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>Not unless it's a custom job from a local company or you buy it at (of all places) Wal-Mart. I tried this with Gateway (and I'm sure it's the same with Dell) without success. However, at a local computer store, when I was pricing one for my son, they would.
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>Wal-Mart sells boxes without OSes.

They also sell boxes with Lindows ;-)