Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 11:00:31 +1000 From: Jim Thomas <jim_t@pobox.com> To: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Laptop without Windows Message-ID: <20010606110031.D594@ur.persia> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.31.0106051622190.57944-100000@opus.sandiegoca.ncr.com>; from chuckr@opus.sandiegoca.ncr.com on Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 04:22:48PM -0700 References: <3B1D5F9D.A3B81F5D@iowna.com> <Pine.BSF.4.31.0106051622190.57944-100000@opus.sandiegoca.ncr.com>
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n Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 04:22:48PM -0700, Chuck Rouillard wrote: > >On Tue, 5 Jun 2001, Bill Moran wrote: > >> Flemming Froekjaer wrote: >> > >> > I was looking at buying a Dell Inspiron 8000, but there was no option to >> > buy it without a windows os. >> >> As others have stated ... it's all too common. >> However, there was an instance of a very principal driven fellow who >> purchased a laptop (with windows preinstalled) and then proceeded to >> format the HDD without ever booting the system. Because of the specifics >> of the license agreement, he was able to get a refund on the price of >> the windows license (since he'd never used it) > >Once such instance: > >http://www.netcraft.com.au/geoffrey/toshiba.html And some more here: http://www.linuxmall.com/refund I wish you well with this, I'd be very interested to find out how you go with it. Jim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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