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Old 14th November 2006, 08:55 PM
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Refund On Windows From Dell (Linux User)

Hello all this is my first post,here is ana rticle from the bbc about a chap who bought a dell laptop uninstalled windows and got a refund from dell....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6144782.stm

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Old 14th November 2006, 09:05 PM
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Welcome, Todds, and thanks for the article. Funny thing is that you can get a Dell configured without an OS and it's actually a little more expensive; at least the last time I checked. Good to see that Dell used common sense in this case.
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Old 14th November 2006, 10:19 PM
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hi ya thanks for the welcome,yes i agree its daft cost more without,doesnt make any sense ,at all well welcome to the weird and not so wonderful life of windows.... a small victory for linux but maybe a significant one hopefully!!!

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