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147459 2003-05-26 05:13:00 Various people have bought the computers, refused to agree to the licence conditions, and recieved a refund from Microsoft. They had to push hard to get this, but it's possible. I think it's about US$100. Graham L (2)
147460 2003-05-26 05:54:00 ROTFLMAO WTF :^O

What a clever idea! If the box doesn't have an HDD to carry an OS, MS has no traction. You can't license an OS to a box that can't run it!

I wonder if that would work for other suppliers, and what if you took in your licensed copy and asked for that to be installed instead of a new OEM.

:( They are bound to have a clause in the contract that stops the latter option, though some smaller assemblers probably wouldn't give a monkeys' and MS wouldn't be able to audit their hardware sales anyway.

Just goes to show, where there's a will there's a way, and it look legal too.

Cheers

Billy 8-{)
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