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On Thu, Jun 25 2015, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Thu, 25 Jun 2015 12:09:03 +0100, Mick wrote: |
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>> I would seek a refund for the MSWindows OS that it comes preinstalled |
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>> with. (This is a blatant case of software bundling with their products |
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>> and the refusal to cough up a refund when requested remains |
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>> incompatible with European Directive 2005/29/EC. Court test cases in |
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>> France and Belgium have validated this and big boys like Dell are now |
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>> more cautious when confronted by informed consumers assertively |
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>> requesting refunds.) |
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> The XPS 13 at least is available as a "Developer Edition" that comes with |
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> Ubuntu 14.04 LTS instead of Windows. |
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I "dual boot" windows and gentoo. The quotes are there since my current |
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machine (3 years old) has never been in windows post-installation. The |
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advantage of having windows available occurs if you need dell |
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maintenance. At least in the past they are much more comfortable with |
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windows. |
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allan |
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PS Also ,I keep thinking I will install and play diablo, a game I played |
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about 5 years ago :-) |
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