Retail or "box" versions of software usually pertain to what you buy out of the store in a box. This is likely what you'ld be purchasing if you go out and buy it at a store.

In this case, OEM (original equipment manufacturer) tends to refer to an operating system that was installed on your machine for you when you bought it.

I've been using 2000 for almost a year now without any real problems to speak of. I was happy to switch over from 98 since I prefer the security and stability of NT over the 9x. I couldn't really run the old NT 4.0 because it didn't like most of my games and couldn't "see" FAT32. However, that's no longer a problem and I've found it to be the most stable product MS has put out so far.




On Monday, August 20, 2001 at 3:46 pm, Dave wrote:
>Skunky,
>
>I switched from Win98 to Win 2000 about 10 months ago. Win2K is much more stable.
>I used to reboot 5-6 times a day with Win98 and now I only reboot once every other
>day. (Win98 does not manage resources very well and Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator
>and Eudora tend to make it crash often.)
>
>I have Win2K OEM. I got one CD and one book with MS hologram. That is all that is
>needed.
>
>
>,dave

Written in response to: re: Win2K OEM vs retail (Dave: Monday, August 20, 2001 at 3:46 pm) There are presently no replies to this message.

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