Buying a laptop without MS

[Paul Schulz]

Greetings all..

Please read any EULA as they have changed since Geoffry was able to
get a refund.. (Geoffrey is a close friend.) [In summary, Geoffrey's
refund sparked of the 'Windows Refund Day' campaign in the USA and
even got mentioned in a linux documentary as 'some guy in Australia
managed to get a refund'.]

Today, retailers (Harvey Norman, Dick Smith etc) take the opinion that
the OS is part of the product. If you disagree with the license, you
can return the whole product for a full refund but not a refund on the
OS Software itself.

Geoffery only got his refund in the end when it was pointed out to
Toshiba that he could return the laptop for a full refund and then go
an buy a newer (faster) model and actually come out with a small
profit.

Unfortunately, this doesn't help with buying a Laptop without windows, today.

Cheers,
Paul Schulz

On 6/15/06, Senectus . <senectus at gmail.com> wrote:
> a quick google pulls this up:
> http://www.netcraft.com.au/geoffrey/toshiba.html
> http://linuxmafia.com/refund/
>
> It says you can ask for a refund on the EULA:
> YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS EULA BY INSTALLING,
> COPYING, OR OTHERWISE USING THE SOFTWARE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE, DO NOT
> INSTALL, COPY, OR USE THE SOFTWARE; YOU MAY RETURN IT TO YOUR PLACE OF
> PURCHASE FOR A FULL REFUND, IF APPLICABLE.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/eula.mspx
>
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