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____/ Matt on Friday 25 July 2008 05:17 : \____
> nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> <Quote>
>> My laptop was stolen, so I went down to Best Buy and picked up an HP
>> dv6815nr since it was on sale for $599.99+tax. After powering it up, I
>> was confronted by the Microsoft Windows Vista EULA and the HP EULA:
>> </Quote>
>>
>> http://equiliberate.org/?q=node/3
>
>
> He recounts the negotiation phone-call-by-phone-call and says he got a
> refund for $200.00 for Vista, and he shows a scan of a $200 check from HP.
>
> Probably they just wanted to get rid of him. Certainly HP is not paying
> $200 a copy for Vista.
True. More like $50, I imagine (based on previous incidents). Microsoft's
margins eroded significantly.
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