Cheapest way to buy XP Pro OEM

I'm preparing a quotation for 1000 PC based systems which need XP Pro
licences. What's the cheapest way to buy these licences? I don't need
CDROMs, manuals or anything like that. In fact I would like to build
these systems by cloning the hard drive containing XP Pro plus all of
my applications plus all of my content in a single operation. So I
just need the cheapest (legal) way of buying and installing licence
keys in these 1000 systems.

Thanks for your advice - Rowan

sometimes the cheap investment to
save in the short term ends up being
a costly in the long term.

here is a link with some expert info
on licensing and sales. there is also
a customer service link there
as well:

http://www.microsoft.com/products/in...ew=22&type=how

- db


<rowan@sylvester-bradley.org> wrote in message
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> I'm preparing a quotation for 1000 PC based systems which need XP Pro
> licences. What's the cheapest way to buy these licences? I don't need
> CDROMs, manuals or anything like that. In fact I would like to build
> these systems by cloning the hard drive containing XP Pro plus all of
> my applications plus all of my content in a single operation. So I
> just need the cheapest (legal) way of buying and installing licence
> keys in these 1000 systems.
>
> Thanks for your advice - Rowan
>

this just came into my mailbox
and it seems to be related to
your inquiry.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=250&tag=nl.e622

i have not read it in detail but
it may help to provide further
insight on the subject at hand.

- db


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message news:u1scIZdqHHA.4536@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> sometimes the cheap investment to
> save in the short term ends up being
> a costly in the long term.
>
> here is a link with some expert info
> on licensing and sales. there is also
> a customer service link there
> as well:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/products/in...ew=22&type=how
>
> - db
>
>
> <rowan@sylvester-bradley.org> wrote in message
> news:1181310265.695219.48560@n4g2000hsb.googlegrou ps.com...
>> I'm preparing a quotation for 1000 PC based systems which need XP Pro
>> licences. What's the cheapest way to buy these licences? I don't need
>> CDROMs, manuals or anything like that. In fact I would like to build
>> these systems by cloning the hard drive containing XP Pro plus all of
>> my applications plus all of my content in a single operation. So I
>> just need the cheapest (legal) way of buying and installing licence
>> keys in these 1000 systems.
>>
>> Thanks for your advice - Rowan
>>
>

On Fri, 08 Jun 2007 06:44:25 -0700, rowan@sylvester-bradley.org wrote:

>I'm preparing a quotation for 1000 PC based systems which need XP Pro
>licences. What's the cheapest way to buy these licences?

Have you contacted Microsoft? I'd think they may give you a decent
deal on a thousand licenses, plus you would have proof later on, if
needed, that they were genuine.

--
Zilbandy

rowan@sylvester-bradley.org wrote:

> I'm preparing a quotation for 1000 PC based systems which need XP Pro
> licences. What's the cheapest way to buy these licences? I don't need
> CDROMs, manuals or anything like that. In fact I would like to build
> these systems by cloning the hard drive containing XP Pro plus all of
> my applications plus all of my content in a single operation. So I
> just need the cheapest (legal) way of buying and installing licence
> keys in these 1000 systems.
>
> Thanks for your advice - Rowan
>

There are major vendors to corporations and other commercial ventures
that should be able to bid on the sale of a volume licensing kit for
1,000 computers. One that comes to mind is CDW with Insight as another.

Zilbandy <zil@zilbandyREMOVETHIS.com> wrote:

>>I'm preparing a quotation for 1000 PC based systems which need XP Pro
>>licences. What's the cheapest way to buy these licences?
>
>Have you contacted Microsoft? I'd think they may give you a decent
>deal on a thousand licenses,

What leads you to think THAT?