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Source for OS and Modems

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Plant closing. PC's will be sold without an OS and Modem. Need a source for about 100 Windows 98 or Windows ME and Modems.

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by gmscne

With the modems, you could get a deal buying in bulk. With the software, the price has a nearly fixed minimum at the retail level. I don't think anyone is permitted to make a deal on that except for MS itself.

by dmiles

First check the buyers agreement with the software,this will determine what rights you have.
Check with local resellers to see what sources that they use.
You may want to considered having a software sell,which would be profitable on the other hand.

by jereg

You could go just about anywhere for these products, but I'd recommend calling a large distrbuter like Computer Discount Warehouse or Insight (www.cdw.com / www.insight.com). These firms, (and others, I'm just picking 2) have volume arrangements with M$ and can probably cut a deal on the OS, (I once tried to get a deal on 25,000 copies of DOS, M$ wasn't interested). The margin on modems is pretty slim, so you won't see much discount. If you try to give all this business to a large vendor, they may be able to shave a few points. Hope that helps.

by paul d. masley

If you are still looking for a source at this late date, Contact Global. It would be easier to by a 100 license kit and I would say with that purchase, they would probally give you the 100 modems.

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