[ale] Windows Tax refund?

Jim Kinney jim.kinney at gmail.com
Thu Dec 8 14:06:28 EST 2011


<snark> sell the sticker and backup disk on craigs list. </snark>
On Dec 8, 2011 12:50 PM, "Robert" <rs at ale.spam.futz.org> wrote:

> So, my new laptop (Lenovo ThinkPad) just arrived. Naturally I'm going to
> run
> Linux on it, and I wondered what the latest status of the Windows Tax
> refund
> is. Google led me to sites that mention a change in the Windows license
> that
> says manufacturers can require you return the whole computer instead of
> just
> refunding the price of Windows. Other sites say that Windows is still
> 'tied'
> to the OS, and that is illegal under antitrust laws.  Most of the pages I
> found were quite old, and many were by people in foreign countries.
>
> Anyone in the group tried to get a refund in the last few years?
>
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