Found something I like about Dell !

TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
edited June 2003 in Hardware
A buddy was at a flea market last week and bought a box full (16 copies) of the manuals and cd's that come with new dell Inspiron 4100's for uhhhhh... nine bucks. Thats a total of nine bucks for the whole mess.

So he drops off a couple for me the other day and I pop them open and they each have full copies of Win XP and Office XP inside still shrink wrapped. I mean WTF ??? But couldn't find a cd-key ?? Tried to install last night on another box and it went on slicker then snot and just never asked for a damn cd-key.

So the weenie bought SIXTEEN full copies of Win XP and Office XP for friggin 9 bucks total.

but..... (grin) I gotta say I just love the no cd-key part !

Was talking to him last night and hes asked if I wanted a couple more... (grin)

Tex

Comments

  • crackityjonescrackityjones Reppin East CHHS Ya'll!!! NO, I'M NOT
    edited June 2003
    Wow...
  • EQuitoEQuito SoCal, USA
    edited June 2003
    Lucky SOB! :D

    I wonder if you'll have any trouble when registration time comes along...

    Cheers!
  • csimoncsimon Acadiana Icrontian
    edited June 2003
    mine only install to a dell box ...nothing else.:confused:
  • mooseontheloosemooseontheloose
    edited June 2003
    <3 my $200 1.7ghz refurbished celeron system from dell.

    Kicks ass for $200!
  • Cool-CanuckCool-Canuck
    edited June 2003
    Originally posted by Tex
    But couldn't find a cd-key ?? Tried to install last night on another box and it went on slicker then snot and just never asked for a damn cd-key.
    Hummmmm. My experience is like csimon, you needed the key on the back of the computer and would not install on another machine.
  • RobRob Detroit, MI
    edited June 2003
    Tex, I did the same thing once for a friend.

    Took his dell XP cd, loaded it on a PC, walked away. About a week later, he started getting messages to register his machine with microsoft, or it would disable :(

    *shrug* let us know ;)
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited June 2003
    People have been going round college writing down all the WinXP CD Keys on the back of the computers as all the new P4 machines are running 2000 but all have XP Home CD keys on the back, lol.

    NS
  • ClutchClutch North Carolina New
    edited June 2003
    That's how it was at my local college, when I took a night class last semester, it had the full cd keys nicely printed on a sticker on the back of all the machines. And they were running Windows 98. Looks like you got a really nice deal there tex, how many more does he have access to?
  • TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
    edited June 2003
    It may punk out in a week then.

    The XP anti spy tool flips the registration flag in the registry I wonder if thats enough? Or if the keygens for XP work with it?

    I'll keep you guys updated. As I said it installed fine... But you guys may be right about it crapping in 7 days.

    Tex
  • CCWCCW Suffolk, UK
    edited June 2003
    I will take 3 Tex :D
  • karatekidkaratekid Ogdensburg, NY
    edited June 2003
    Why can't stuff like that happen to me :(

    /me mumbles something about lucky bastard
  • LordNorLordNor
    edited June 2003
    Did you read the EULA to see what that said?
  • BlackHawkBlackHawk Bible music connoisseur There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Icrontian
    edited June 2003
    But don't the CD's install drivers and other software? I could prolly get a few of them since my dad works logistecs for a sub-contracted company for Dell but I don't see the use for them.
  • RobRob Detroit, MI
    edited June 2003
    Well, if you have to 'hack' it to keep from dieing, then its no better than any other 'warez' version. Value $0. Now, if you had something that was able to run unaltered, I would say you have a fair claim as a licensed machine which _is_ worth something.
  • Loki047Loki047
    edited June 2003
    Im confused about the big deal over this stuff... Whats teh advantage of being registered? I have pro and it has never asked to be registered. When i go to school and use the domain and stuff to log onto the network does it matter that i dont have a "registered" version?
  • danball1976danball1976 Wichita Falls, TX
    edited June 2003
    That's pretty cool, I hope that they are Corporate versions
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited June 2003
    "When i go to school and use the domain and stuff to log onto the network does it matter that i dont have a "registered" version?"

    I never had any problems using my XP Pro Corp laptop on the college domain, acted just like any other machine (they are all W2k).

    Have to agree with what Rob said too though.

    NS
  • a2jfreaka2jfreak Houston, TX Member
    edited June 2003
    Tex, I might be going to Dallas sometime this summer to visit some friends and family . . . burn me a copy. =)
  • TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
    edited June 2003
    (grin) Stop by if you get in the area anyway buddy. Doors always open.

    Tex
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