all major vendors will have tie ups with MS .I dont know how it really profits them.probably h/w vendor saves resources on writing the driver which MS would do for them (not sure!)
Heres a tip ; you can buy any dell laptops from IMC near shipyard without the OS.But if you buy online from dell ;you will get it with only the os. many vendors sell with FreeDos and some even bundle linux (acer ). On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 8:26 PM, Nishan Naseer <[email protected]>wrote: > > > On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Anish A <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > 2010/9/23 Kenney Jacob <[email protected]> > >> > >> You can think about it in a different way. Dell comes with pre loaded > >> windows. If you want Dell, you will have to use windows. If you dont > like > >> windows, dont buy dell. > >> Its like buying a car, Tata manza comes with a fiat engine. Can you ask > >> them to give you an option to use a tata engine itself ? If you want a > tata > >> engine, you buy some other car. > >> Kenney > > > > > > For your information: > > > > There is a clause in the windows EULA that you can return the software > > within 90 days or so, if you don't like that. > > > > So buy one with windows, if you really like the hardware. and return the > > copy of windows unused, to get a full refund. > > > > <wikipedia> > According to Microsoft's End User License Agreement, the end user can > return Windows for a refund by refusing the terms of the license:[12] > > By using the software, you accept these terms. If you do not accept them, > do not use the software. Instead, contact the manufacturer or installer to > determine their return policy for a refund or credit. > > Vendors, however, are allowed by Microsoft to avoid this refund by > requiring that the computer be returned altogether, despite this being a > violation of consumer protection law in many countries.[citation needed] > Microsoft clarified the EULA with the release of Windows 7:[13] > > By using the software, you accept these terms. If you do not accept them, > do not use the software. Instead, contact the manufacturer or installer to > determine its return policy. You must comply with that policy, which might > limit your rights or require you to return the entire system on which the > software is installed. > > > </wikipedia> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_refund > _______________________________________________ > Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List > http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ > http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > #[email protected] > -- Anoop P Alias (PGP Key ID : 0x014F9953) GNU system administrator http://GnuSys.net
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