[wellylug] anyone beat the M$ tax?

[Centurion Computer Technology Ltd]

At one stage I could get laptops without Windows bundled at all.
However they haven't updated the models available for atleast 12 months,
so no dvd writers etc, and they are no longer price competitive.

On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 08:10 +1300, Bret Comstock Waldow wrote:
> I'm considering buying a new laptop, and I don't want to pay for
> Window$.  I've read stories (howtos!) of ways to get through the process
> of actually recovering the price of Window$, but they are overseas, for
> overseas legal systems.
> 
> Has anyone here gotten the price of Window$ refunded (as the license
> says we are entitled to if we don't agree with the license)?  Or can you
> point me at a resource for New Zealand for doing this?
> 
> Regards,
> Bret
> 
> 
> 
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