BBC News: User paid to uninstall Windows XP

TheBaldyMan

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Fri Nov-17-06 04:00 AM
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BBC News: User paid to uninstall Windows XP

Edited on Fri Nov-17-06 04:01 AM by TheBaldyMan

From their news website. An Englishman from Sheffield, Dave Mitchell received a refund of £55.23(approx US$80.00) after he purchased a laptop from Dell Computers and declined to install WindowsXP.

As Mr Mitchell was planning to run the Linux open source operating system on the machine, he had no need for the copy of Windows XP Home that had been pre-installed.

When he started it for the first time, he clicked the box that said "no" on the Windows licence agreement that asked him to agree to its terms. The text of this agreement states users can get a refund for the "unused products" on their new computer if they get in touch with the machine's manufacturer.

Link to the full story - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6144782.stm">User paid to uninstall Windows XP
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Nomad559

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Sat Nov-18-06 09:51 PM
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1. This Is the first time

I've seen that spin to this story

User paid to uninstall Windows XP

He was not paid to uninstall Windows XP
He was given a refund for not using a pre-installed version of Windows XP

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