Marcia - 6:57 pm on Jun 30, 2008 (gmt 0)

Actually, SP3 OEM is only about $20-$25 more, depending on where you shop. I bought one last night that's "used" but supposed to be never installed for $49 and sent it out of state to someone as a "gift." They're a committed Linux user, but need to have XP in their software library anyway, for double booting of if they get a new computer.

I'll be buying myself one today at regular price (around $85-90) when I get a processing glitch straightened out at a software merchant, but wasn't sure whether to get SP2 or SP3.