Software question - XP Professional SP2.0 32bit?

Question

I am soon to commence post-grad studies and require 'XP Professional SP2.0 32 bit' and Office 2007 as minimum requirement.

I have looke donline including ebay but there seems to be a great variation in prices.... Plus I'm not sure if what I can find online is the exact product I need, as there seems to be different versions ie. retail vs student version etc.

Can someone help me out here? Maybe do a search for me and direct me to what I need as I'm a little clueless? Alos, would I be better to hire a laptop with professional already installed for the duration of my course (1 year) or buy the software and install it on my (now 5-year-old) PC?

Cheers,

Answer 1

If those are your minimum software requirements then just buy a new laptop with Windows 7 and Office 2010. If you have to have Windows XP then you can still find the disc somewhere on some online auction.

Answer 2

The version of Windows on your PC is fine. Windows XP-SP2 (an update for Windows XP) is almost 10 years old. Later patches for XP, later versions of Windows including: XP-Media Center, Vista and Windows7, should also be acceptable.



As for Office, your school probably offers a deal for students on the latest version which I would recommend over buying anything from eBay.



OR, save yourself a few hundred bucks and get Open Office.



Open Office is a free set of programs including a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation maker, etc. that operates nearly the same as MS Office. It can also read MS Office files and save documents in a format anyone running MS Office can open. Open Office is easily a viable replacement for at least 95% of the people who use MS Office. I doubt very much you'll be needing to do anything more complex than some research papers with charts and graphs from an Excel table - and Open Office can do all of this easily.



You can get it for free at OpenOffice.org.

Answer 3

First, I would definitely not invest in a 5-year-old PC.

Second, XP was upgraded to SP3. You may have to do some looking to find it. When it came out it was worth it to me to go directly to Microsoft and buy the CD. Was about $10.

Third, I, personally, would not buy a PC on eBAY. I'm on my 4th computer and make it a practice to buy locally, if possible, and from a concern that has been in business for some time.



Inasmuch as you are just beginning post-grad, you will probably be putting your new laptop to good use. Be sure to buy all new, boxed, legitimate software from a reliable source. If you don't, you will not be able to update. Microsoft checks for genuine software before updating.



My desktop is a Dell and my laptop is a Toshiba. I have found both companies to provide me with good customer service. For software, I usually head to Amazon or Bizrate.

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