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[News] [Rival] Microsoft program puts new Windows on old PCs

  • Subject: [News] [Rival] Microsoft program puts new Windows on old PCs
  • From: The Ghost In The Machine <ewill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 14:32:58 -0800
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http://www.news.com/beyond-binary/8301-13860_3-9814213-56.html

    Under a new program announced Friday, large companies
    that sell refurbished PCs can get a brand spanking new
    copy of Windows to put on the machines--provided they
    pay Microsoft for the privilege.

    The initiative, which provides refurbishers with a
    special version of Windows XP, could help save more
    machines from heading to the landfill. In many cases,
    though, it means Microsoft will be getting paid twice
    for putting Windows on the same PC.

    That's because, to properly resell a refurbished
    PC using its original copy of Windows, Microsoft
    requires that resellers have either the "certificate
    of authenticity" that came with the PC or its restore
    disks--things that often get lost along the way.
    Businesses can also try to get a duplicate copy
    from the manufacturer, but that's a difficult and
    time-consuming process that doesn't scale well for
    the large refurbisher handling thousands of machines
    a month.

    Microsoft won't say how much it is charging for the
    special versions of Windows XP, other than to say it
    is somewhat less than a computer maker would pay to
    put Windows on a new machine.

[end excerpt]

I could think of better things to put on older model PCs. :-)

The program is detailed at

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2007/nov07/11-09mar.mspx

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