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Re: [LUG] OT- Cheap Laptop + ARM netbooks

 

Rob Beard wrote:
tom wrote:

How easy is it to get the MS license back from them?
Tom te tom te tom


I believe you have to send the machine to the service centre in Plymouth (or is it Plympton?) and they will remove the licence key sticker and wipe the hard drive and then give you a refund. IIRC it is about £30 for Windows Vista Home Premium, so presumably the same for Windows 7 Home Premium or XP Home.

Rob



So no just rejecting the EULA - Paul this may be why the ARM netbooks are not out MS is a big big bully! If the above is true then it probably costs them a lot more than £30 to do - but makes it just a little inconvenient for the customer - given that the OS rings home it shouldn't be hard for MS to work out it hasnt been used and who it was sold through to authorise a refund. Oh hang on MS might be using their own software and just cos LEO could do that 50 years ago....


Tom te tom te tom


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