Genuine Windows XP Disc

[Adrian Lewer]

Hi all i am after a Genuine Windows XP Disc to lend. my Apple Mac is running Mac OSX abd i have installed boot camp and wish to run windows. I have my own product key from my Windows laptop but the laptop comes with everything pre installed so no disc. The windows xp disc myst be a service pack 2. if not no worries i can make it a service pack 2.

 

Without it i can not run my OziExplorer ?

 

 

[Guest Brett Campany]

That's what ya get for buyin a Mac!!

 

 

[Adrian Lewer]

I love my mac don't get me wrong. the only reason i went from iPhone to Htc Touch was the OziExplorer software. If you have never used a Mac you dont know what you are missing out on

 

 

[Guest Brett Campany]

I had a Mac for a while a few years ago, excellent for making movies, music and photos but back then, there was no way of running Windows programs..........and it got stolen anyway.

 

I've had OziExplorer before, great GPS program. Are you using raster maps or have you scanned WAC charts and using those? There's a new Garmin out that does both road and off road mapping using OziExplorer. I wonder how good that might be in the air.

 

 

[BLA82]

Sure Brett,

 

You did an insurance job didn't you. Even a drugged out criminal wouldn't bee seen steeling a Mac:laugh:

 

 

[Guest Brett Campany]

Sure Brett, You did an insurance job didn't you. Even a drugged out criminal wouldn't bee seen steeling a Mac:laugh:

hahahaha tell everyone my secret why don't ya!!

 

 

[Guest basscheffers]

Adrian, The Pirate Bay is your friend! ;)

 

A word of caution, though: not every XP disc is created equal. There is a really good chance the retail version you are likely to get does not recognize your OEM serial.

 

I run Windows on my Mac (using VMWare) pretty much just for the Garmin software.* They have some OS X tools now, but they are even worse than their Windows products. When are makers of quality hardware going to realise they should really back it up with worthy software?

 

* actually, that is a lie. I use windows mostly for running virus and spyware scans and Windows Update is also one of my favourite programs; I am prompted to run it every time I use Windows, it seems!

 

 

[Guest basscheffers]

I just had another thought: you could try CrossOver Mac and see if you can get it to run in that. No Windows discs or licenses required.

 

CrossOver is really just a commercialised version of WINE so you could also try that and Googling "OziExplorer WINE" does return some results.

 

 

[Adrian Lewer]

Can someone please Explain how Torrens work ?

 

 

[slartibartfast]

Adrian, please be careful what you admit to on an open internet forum.

 

I know in this case you are downloading windows because you have a license but no CD, and the movies of which you speak are pubic domain (Mozart's home movies). Just a friendly warning - the walls have ears.

 

The Pirate Bay is not a popular site with the extremely litigious RIAA or MPAA, despite it's use for perfectly legal stuff.

 

Cheers,

 

Ross

 

 

[Adrian Lewer]

Er..... Yup got you on that one... Lose lips sink ships as they say... what do you mean by this ? who are they ?RIAA or MPAA, despite it's use for perfectly legal stuff.

 

 

[slartibartfast]

MPAA = Motion Picture Association of America

 

RIAA = Recording Industry Association of America

 

it = Pirate Bay - it can be used for legal stuff too.

 

All about BitTorrent. Wikipedia

 

 

[Guest basscheffers]

Actually, nobody ever got done downloading stuff using bittorrent, RIAA/MPAA (The US recording industry and movies bodies, respectively) have not even tried. They have had some Torrent websites shut down, but that is all. No folks downloading have been sued. And remember these are all civil suits, the government prosecutors really don't care. It is a civil matter, not a crime. (despite what the un-skippable time-wasting crap you have to watch before the movie on DVDs says - you know the stuff that treats people who buy or rent the DVDs as criminals while the ones that download the movies can get to watch it straight away. This stuff gets me irate.)

 

The people being sued (something only happening in the US, really) are those using networks where your computer actually hosts the file to be downloaded and the whole file is downloaded by one person. (Kazaa, Limewire, etc.) And people are being sued not for the downloading, but for the subsequent "making available" of the files to others after the download.

 

Bittorrent works differently. There is a file (.torrent) that has information about the download. A "tracker" like The Pirate Bay keeps track of everyone downloading that file. The cool thing is that your Windows XP disc will now come in little pieces from everyone else, there is not a single source where all your data comes from! And once you downloaded a piece, the tracker knows about this and can have other people connect to you to download it.

 

Speeds are great, nobody needs a big, expensive connection to the internet and last but not least, there are so many people involved in every single file and no single person ever makes the entire file available so the RIAA et. al. can't even work out who to go after. Even sites like the Pirate Bay are safe because none of the contraband ever actually passes through their servers; the only thing they do is introduce computers to one another, really. More and more torrents are going encrypted now so nobody that is listening in (you hear us, the Dishonorable Senator Conroy?) can work out if what you are downloading is legit or not.

 

But good news everyone! RIAA won a case or two in lower courts, but lost all of the appeals. In one case the judge got to his senses after first letting the RIAA win and reversed his own ruling! They have now given up suing people altogether, focussing instead on "prevention". (i.e.: trying to bribe ISPs into blocking file sharing services)

 

So think about the morality and decide for yourself wether you want to do it, but don't expect to be sued if you do.

 

Right, I am off to download some more episodes of my favourite TV shows - no ads, in better quality than Foxtel and you never miss an episode. Wish they would let me pay for this stuff - the quality could be even better and I would support the making of these shows I enjoy.

 

 

[Adrian Lewer]

Hi thanks for the reply's. i am not into downloading alot of stuff, "carefull how i word this" but i need a windows disc of which i am getting and i think mr Gates will not mind if i download it as long as i have a genuine Key "like i do".

 

but as for everyone downloading day in and day out of the latest and greatest i don't agree with it, but as it has been stated each to there own.

 

great place to get things like windows discs you have misplaced.

 

 

[Guest Brett Campany]

I'd be extremely careful on using Torrents and downloading stuff that really should be bought in a shop. A very good mate of mine showed me Limewire, not 2 weeks after he showed me that, he was charged for illegally downloading material from the web.

 

$55,000 fine and discharged from the Navy even though the stuff he downloaded had nothing to do with the ADF nor was it done at work.

 

Getting stung does happen so be smart and avoid it if you can mate, it's not worth the hassle.

 

 

[Adrian Lewer]

Er. me is thinking best to stay away then....

 

 

[Guest basscheffers]

Who charged him? Obviously, a case like this would have had quite a bit of media attention. Do you have any links to articles about it?

 

 

[Guest Brett Campany]

Nope, it was all very quiet. The arrest was made on the Navy base by local authorities. I remember we had a huge briefing on the whole event to make people "aware" that downloading movies / programs etc off the net is illegal and people are being prosecuted on a regular basis.

 

 

[Guest basscheffers]

That doesn't make sense - if the authorities don't want people to do this, why don't they publicise it when they prosecute someone? They do it with any other offense. Using the Google, I can not find a single case of an individual being charge with just downloading in Australia.

 

Was this guy distributing CDs/DVDs with downloaded wares to others? That makes it a different case entirely - counterfeiting, something the government does prosecute.

 

How did they find him? I know for a fact that even the highest people in management at my ISP are great fans of "channel bittorrent". If people were being prosecuted on a regular basis they could only do that with the ISP giving up personal details based on IP address, something my contact would know about and so she would not use bittorrent herself.

 

You say it was his own computer, but who provided the network? A commercial ISP or was he housed in some complex where the navy provided him with network and they could keep an eye on him?

 

Sounds like he was counterfeiting and/or the navy themselves dobbed him in - a smart move at a time where they can't find anyone who wants to join the service.

 

 

[shafto]

Check this out!

 

Pirate Party Wins and Enters The European Parliament | TorrentFreak

 

There are clearly a lot of people that are Pro-Downloading, with a party now sitting in Parliament in Sweden. After founders of The Pirate Bay some how were charged the Party was formed. Its a step anyway.