On 11/17/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Michael Hoertnagl</b> <<a href="mailto:mtron@a1.net">mtron@a1.net</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Rob Beard wrote:<br>> Hi folks,<br>><br>> I thought you might be interested in this. I found it in a local LUG<br>> mailing list.<br>><br>> It seems that a Sheffield man got a refund for an unused copy of
<br>> Windows XP Home as he was planning on installing Linux when he got his<br>> laptop. Looks like he got £50 back!<br>><br>> Details are here: <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6144782.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6144782.stm
</a><br>><br>> Rob<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>It's not a refund in a leagal way. Dell stated that it's an amicable<br>arrangement.<br><br>But anyway great news!<br><br>cheers<br>michael<br><br><br>--<br><a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">
ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a><br><a href="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/">https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br>Thats a fair deal, however I'm pretty sure that you can buy pre-made machines bundled with absolutely no OS and you would end up saving more than the £50 rebate.<br><br>But if you're stuck with Windows pre-installed, go for it!
<br><br>James Allman-Talbot<br>