<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 9:23 AM, Tim Bowden <<a href="mailto:tim.bowden@westnet.com.au">tim.bowden@westnet.com.au</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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On Thu, 2008-05-08 at 09:16 +0800, Tomasz Grzegurzko wrote:<br>
> On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 9:06 AM, Marcos Raśl Carot Collins<br>
> <<a href="mailto:marcos.carot@gmail.com">marcos.carot@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > Hi there!<br>
> ><br>
> > Do you know where I can get OS Free laptops (ie: no MS tax)?<br>
> ><br>
> > I am from Argentina, and there I bought an ASUS A6 OS free (US$100<br>
> > less than the same with Win XP) a couple of years ago.<br>
> ><br>
> > But here, I can't find any online or "real" retailer that would sell<br>
> > one OS free (they have offered to format the disk!!) Of course paying<br>
> > MS for something I won't use is not an option.<br>
> ><br>
> > Anybody?<br>
> ><br>
> > Thanks!!<br>
> ><br>
> > Marcos<br>
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> If you read the M$ agreement, if you do not agree, then you must<br>
> return it to your OEM for a refund. You can get anything basically<br>
> then call up and tell Dell, HP whoever you don't agree to the terms,<br>
> and score yourself some cash. If you do that also for the bundled<br>
> products (Works and who knows what else!) there's more capability<br>
> right there to get money too!<br>
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</div></div>I believe you will get a lot of resistance going this route. From past<br>
accounts it seems you will need a firm will and buckets of determination<br>
to see it through. It will most likely cost you much more in time and<br>
phone calls than the MS tax. This course of action is not for the faint<br>
of heart.<br>
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Regards,<br>
<font color="#888888">Tim Bowden<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br>Worked for me, I'm just saying if you get *nothing* else, this is a viable route. It's just a suggestion, it can be taken on or not.<br><br>Tomasz<br>