On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 10:23, Tim <ignored_mailbox(a)yahoo.com.au> wrote:
Seriously, how long do you want to spend on phone calls and letter
writing, to get back a measly $30 or so? I'm not, particularly, a "time
is money" person. But it'd be a tedious and stressful thing to go
through.
It is a matter of principle.
$30 might not be much for you, but multiply it by a few hundred
thousand consumers and suddenly it´s real money.
Also, it sends a precendent to the PC builder that indeed some
customers might not want a Windows OS preloaded, and paves the way to
more "white box" or alternative-OS offerings in the future. Not to
mention the antitrust angle if the manufacturer refuses to do so.
FC
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