New Desktop w/English...yes I "searched"

Life Technology
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I need a new comp, and went to Taipei, NOVA, and the salesman said that they didn’t have a way to install an English version of Windows on the comp. I checked here, and others have seemed to have better luck. Was I just unlucky, or was it because the shop was not a major pre-made comp joint (IBM, HP, ACER)? Any suggestions?

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I’ve heard that most PC sales outfits will no longer install an unlicensed copy, but if you’re willing to shell out the bucks for a legit copy, a lot of places will have the English version to sell you. So it sounds like you were just unlucky re: the latter. But I’m pretty ignorant about this stuff, so don’t give my post much weight. :stuck_out_tongue:

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If you are building your own computer, there are some software shops on BaDe Street that sell the English OEM and retail versions of XP and Vista. I have seen other posts recently that give the exact address.

When I recently built my computer, I bought my hardware from several different shops, and purchased Vista separately. Legit English versions are definitely available in Taiwan.

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I got a real copy of both Vista and XP when I built computers here, and XP on the Acer Ferrari 3400 laptop I bought (but I had to wait). I went to the computer market on Bada also. They can get it but might have to order it and you wait a day or two. The Vista guy even shipped it to me in ChaiYi!

I like this store: #66 Bada. Called ._NT (Newton but you cant see that in English?) 紐頓
Ask for Bobo (high fashion girl can speech English)

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Bade rd.is the place to be. A Hp PC can directly be installed with an ENG OS if they have stock. Acer / Asus / no can do as they normally have no agreements with MS Taiwan for english local licenses.

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Acer quite happily exchanged my Chinese XP CDs for the English versions for my laptop.

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Acer quite happily exchanged my Chinese XP CDs for the English versions for my laptop.[/quote]
And so did Asus for mine.

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Acer quite happily exchanged my Chinese XP CDs for the English versions for my laptop.[/quote]
And so did Asus for mine.[/quote]

thanks for the update guys. Thought they did not. Sorry.