On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Jason Liquorish <ja...@dropshock.com> wrote: > This is exactly what I got told for my HP laptop, and when I rang MS I > got told it was HPs problem. Unless you have the time and patients to > take this as far as possible and you document you removing XP etc. then > unfortunately I doubt you are going to get far.
Do you need to provide a stethascope or something to prove you've patients, or what? ;-) Seriously, I wouldn't really bother to try to get a refund for OEM Windows as (generally) laptops or whatever with Windows installed seldom cost much more than those without... I would imagine that any "refund" would be minimal, and there's probably better things to do with your time. PCs have virtually become disposable entities these days. I have a friend who runs a PC repair shop and he's struggling because you can buy a new base unit for about £150 whereas putting in a new motherboard will probably cost £100 once you factor in labour -- it simply isn't worth repairing the things. When you've paid £1,000 for a PC it's worth it, if you've only paid £200 it just ain't. Deflation in the PC market is alarming. Laptops at £250 in Tesco, what's that about? Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
