On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 02:02:54PM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Jim Hyslop writes: > > It seems to me the way to go, if you're willing to risk not having a > > warranty, is to demand the refund from the manufacturers. If enough > > people demand it, then Dell, HP et al will start getting tired of paying > > twice - once to MS and once to the consumer. > > As far as I can tell they can comply with the terms of the contract by > offering to allow you to return the machine for a full refund. And the reason why they would ask to return 'the whole machine' is because they consider the hardware/software bundle to be 'a product' or 'a solution' whereas a naked pc is somehow not a product or a complete solution. -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal |mysite.verizon.net/kevin.mark/| | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keyserver: subkeys.pgp.net | my NPO: cfsg.org | |join the new debian-community.org to help Debian! | |_______ Unless I ask to be CCd, assume I am subscribed _______|
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