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Re: [LUG] Windows 8 adoption

 

On Wed, 2 Jan 2013 07:54:34 +0800
Kai Hendry <hendry@xxxxxx> wrote:

Hello Kai,

>So I'm curious. If I bought a Thinkpad off Lenovo, how exactly do I
>get the Windows8 refund?

You may not be able to.  I said there are ways of avoiding the Windows
license fee, not that the option is available everywhere.  In any case,
there are places you can get a Thinkpad, probably not the latest and
greatest (read: s/h), where the Windows license is a non-issue.  I got
my T42 (ancient, I know) from ebay.

>My next PC will probably be a Macbook Retina. So I'm paying Apple tax

They're worse than Microsoft, IMO.

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