Get refunded from DELL if you dont want MICROSOFT WINDOWS on it!!
Just as i thought i wouldnt hear anything interesting for the day, i stumble across this.
“A Sheffield man has won a refund from Dell for not installing Microsoft’s Windows XP on a laptop he bought from the PC giant.” (BBC)
Anybody smiling with me here?
Well, guy is Freelance programmer Dave Mitchel.
He ordered a Dell laptop on 21 October, and the machine was delivered a few days later. As dude Dave was planning to run the Linux open source operating system on the machine, he had no need for the copy of Windows XP Home that had been pre-installed. When he started it for the first time, he clicked the box that said “no” on the Windows licence agreement that asked him to agree to its terms. The text of this agreement states users can get a refund for the “unused products” on their new computer if they get in touch with the machine’s manufacturer.
Now iznt that cool! Why dint i know that?
Every time a computer-maker, such as Dell, sells a PC or laptop they must pay Microsoft for the copy of the Windows operating system installed on it. While many PCs are now sold with a customer’s choice of operating system installed, no laptop-makers yet offer the option of anything but Windows..
“I’ve cost Dell £50, not Microsoft, which is a slightly annoying,” says dude Dave!
hmm, now im thinking..
im really thinking………….
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