LeeGroups wrote: >> Dell will refund the cost of Windows without you having to send >> anything off. But I guess the OP was looking for an Ubuntu >> pre-installed machine in order to send a message to the manufacture >> showing that there is a demand for such a thing. >> >> Cheers, >> Andrew >> > Let's be clear here, Dell will only refund your MS license fee if you > bought a PC/laptop for home, rather than business. > I had this problem, as have a few other people. > > If you're buying a Toshiba, forget it. The ones I bought last week all > came with a dirty great sticker sealing the box stating that the > computer/software enclosed come as a complete unit and won't be spilt. > If you don't like it tough. > > Lee > > > hmm, maybe I should start collecting photos of such anti-competitive practices in a hall of shame on the nakedcomputers.org site.
I don't suppose you have the box still do you? Alan. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
