Re: Want to Buy Computer with XP

Can anyone give me advise where I can buy a new or refurbished computer with
XP. My 5 year old HP motherboard is going. I am afraid of getting a new one
with Vista. This is for my home so I dont want to lease it. I want to go
somewhere reliable and not have to spend alot of money. I was thinking
between $250-$400.00. I think I just need a tower I have a monitor and
printer which are about 5 years old also, but they work okay. Thank you.
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gjm

Daave
Thu Jun 26 07:31:20 PDT 2008

gjmarks wrote:
> Can anyone give me advise where I can buy a new or refurbished
> computer with XP. My 5 year old HP motherboard is going. I am
> afraid of getting a new one with Vista. This is for my home so I
> dont want to lease it. I want to go somewhere reliable and not have
> to spend alot of money. I was thinking between $250-$400.00. I
> think I just need a tower I have a monitor and printer which are
> about 5 years old also, but they work okay. Thank you.

Certain Dells may still be purchased with XP. See:

http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx?c=us&cs=04&id=vostrodt_200mt&l=en&s=bsd&~tab=bundlestab

http://www.dell.com/content/learnmore/learnmore.aspx?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&~id=hmc_os_vostro&~mode=popup&~series=latit

HPs also:

http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF04a/12454-12454-64287-321860-3328893.html

John
Thu Jun 26 08:45:29 PDT 2008

Without knowing which country you are in it's pretty difficult for us to
give you advice. A good place to start would be to go right to the
major manufacturers' web sites and see if they have any offerings for
used or refurbished computers. Most of the majors like IBM, Lenovo,
Dell, HP, etc, have refurbished for sale on their web sites.

John

gjmarks wrote:

> Can anyone give me advise where I can buy a new or refurbished computer with
> XP. My 5 year old HP motherboard is going. I am afraid of getting a new one
> with Vista. This is for my home so I dont want to lease it. I want to go
> somewhere reliable and not have to spend alot of money. I was thinking
> between $250-$400.00. I think I just need a tower I have a monitor and
> printer which are about 5 years old also, but they work okay. Thank you.

Big
Thu Jun 26 09:02:19 PDT 2008

On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:16:03 -0700, gjmarks
<gjmarks@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Can anyone give me advise where I can buy a new or refurbished computer with
>XP. My 5 year old HP motherboard is going. I am afraid of getting a new one
>with Vista. This is for my home so I dont want to lease it. I want to go
>somewhere reliable and not have to spend alot of money. I was thinking
>between $250-$400.00. I think I just need a tower I have a monitor and
>printer which are about 5 years old also, but they work okay. Thank you.

I've been reading today that very low cost PCs will still be made
available with XP as an option, Microsoft are allowing this.

BB

gjmarks
Thu Jun 26 11:53:00 PDT 2008

I live in New York City. Thank you for your reply. Just a quick question I
have been told not to get Windows Vista. Do you agree with this??
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gjm


"John John (MVP)" wrote:

> Without knowing which country you are in it's pretty difficult for us to
> give you advice. A good place to start would be to go right to the
> major manufacturers' web sites and see if they have any offerings for
> used or refurbished computers. Most of the majors like IBM, Lenovo,
> Dell, HP, etc, have refurbished for sale on their web sites.
>
> John
>
> gjmarks wrote:
>
> > Can anyone give me advise where I can buy a new or refurbished computer with
> > XP. My 5 year old HP motherboard is going. I am afraid of getting a new one
> > with Vista. This is for my home so I dont want to lease it. I want to go
> > somewhere reliable and not have to spend alot of money. I was thinking
> > between $250-$400.00. I think I just need a tower I have a monitor and
> > printer which are about 5 years old also, but they work okay. Thank you.
>

Charles
Thu Jun 26 12:36:37 PDT 2008

Windows Vista is a great system when it is installed in the computer by the
manufacturer! Would you buy a 1930 Chevy?
"gjmarks" <gjmarks@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:347AA231-CB21-4525-B6B6-968110581C70@microsoft.com...
>I live in New York City. Thank you for your reply. Just a quick question
>I
> have been told not to get Windows Vista. Do you agree with this??
> --
> gjm
>
>
> "John John (MVP)" wrote:
>
>> Without knowing which country you are in it's pretty difficult for us to
>> give you advice. A good place to start would be to go right to the
>> major manufacturers' web sites and see if they have any offerings for
>> used or refurbished computers. Most of the majors like IBM, Lenovo,
>> Dell, HP, etc, have refurbished for sale on their web sites.
>>
>> John
>>
>> gjmarks wrote:
>>
>> > Can anyone give me advise where I can buy a new or refurbished computer
>> > with
>> > XP. My 5 year old HP motherboard is going. I am afraid of getting a
>> > new one
>> > with Vista. This is for my home so I dont want to lease it. I want to
>> > go
>> > somewhere reliable and not have to spend alot of money. I was thinking
>> > between $250-$400.00. I think I just need a tower I have a monitor and
>> > printer which are about 5 years old also, but they work okay. Thank
>> > you.
>>

John
Thu Jun 26 12:49:17 PDT 2008

In New York city there are *lots* of places to get good second hand
computers! In the US there are lots of good places to get second hand
computers.

IBM US has a nice Xeon Intellistation with XP Pro here for only $309:
http://www-132.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=4611686018425726550&storeId=1&langId=-1&categoryId=2576395&dualCurrId=73&catalogId=-840
http://www-132.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?storeId=1&catalogId=-840&langId=-1&categoryId=2576395

I have bought used computers from these folks in the past and I have be
satisfied with their service:
http://www.securelaptopcomputersales.com/securestore.net/ Try to select
form the Class A or factory refurbished and you should be able to get a
reasonable decent machine for about $300. These guys have a warehouse
in NYC. Do a bit of searching on the net and you will find other places
like those.

As for Vista, I would say that few $200 to $400 second hands will even
be offered with it, Vista is better suited for the newer more powerful
machines.

John


gjmarks wrote:

> I live in New York City. Thank you for your reply. Just a quick question I
> have been told not to get Windows Vista. Do you agree with this??

tulip178
Sat Jun 28 21:10:25 PDT 2008


gjmarks;3144357 Wrote:
> Can anyone give me advise where I can buy a new or refurbished compute
> with
> XP. My 5 year old HP motherboard is going. I am afraid of getting
> new one
> with Vista. This is for my home so I dont want to lease it. I want t
> go
> somewhere reliable and not have to spend alot of money. I was thinkin
>
> between $250-$400.00. I think I just need a tower I have a monitor an
>
> printer which are about 5 years old also, but they work okay. Than
> you.
> --
> gjm

Hi

Nice price but unfortunate i dont live in NY

tuli


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tulip178

inkleput
Mon Jun 30 13:26:22 PDT 2008

Big Bill <bill@kruse.co.uk> said:

>On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:16:03 -0700, gjmarks
><gjmarks@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>>Can anyone give me advise where I can buy a new or refurbished computer with
>>XP. My 5 year old HP motherboard is going. I am afraid of getting a new one
>>with Vista. This is for my home so I dont want to lease it. I want to go
>>somewhere reliable and not have to spend alot of money. I was thinking
>>between $250-$400.00. I think I just need a tower I have a monitor and
>>printer which are about 5 years old also, but they work okay. Thank you.

>I've been reading today that very low cost PCs will still be made
>available with XP as an option, Microsoft are allowing this.

>BB

Apparently that is to say, if you want a top notch computer you have to
get a bottom notch OS on it.

JimL

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Charles
Sat Jul 05 16:58:01 PDT 2008


"gjmarks" <gjmarks@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6CE49237-B5F3-4021-9745-9B54977EAD41@microsoft.com...
> Can anyone give me advise where I can buy a new or refurbished computer
> with
> XP. My 5 year old HP motherboard is going. I am afraid of getting a new
> one
> with Vista. This is for my home so I dont want to lease it. I want to go
> somewhere reliable and not have to spend alot of money. I was thinking
> between $250-$400.00. I think I just need a tower I have a monitor and
> printer which are about 5 years old also, but they work okay. Thank you.
> --
> gjm

Vista is the world today!. Or just get a new motherboard and you will still
have your 7 year old operating system...