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Dell To Offer Windows-Less PCs

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the backdoor-in-the-fine-print dept.

An anonymous reader submits: "As a follow-up to the Slashdot story Dell No Longer Selling Systems w/o Microsoft OS, News.com is reporting that Dell will sell systems without Windows. Microsoft's new licensing terms stipulate they can't sell PC's without an OS (hence the removal of the NoOS option), so Dell will be offering FreeDOS as an option for some computers. It will come with the computer, but not installed, so that users may install any other OS that they wish. It's a very creative interpretation of Microsoft's licensing terms, and one I imagine Microsoft didn't have in mind."

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  1. Re:I'd rather fight for my refund, just for the fu by Geeyzus · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Sheesh, what a troll!

    If you willingly bought the computer, knowing the cost, and knowing it came with Windows, you have no right to a refund.

    Worst case, you don't get your refund, which you wouldn't have gotten anyway, but maybe you can get the point across. Best case, you get your point across and maybe get a few bucks for your trouble.

    No. Worst case, you don't get your "refund" (OF COURSE) and you look like a jackass Linux zealot just trying to cause problems for no good reason. Best case, you don't cause a stir.

    If I lived in Texas and bought a new car, I wouldn't expect them to give me a "refund" for the heating system I knowingly paid for. Don't be a dumbass!

    Mark

  2. Re:Dude.. by GutBomb · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    why should they? for the warm fuzzies? grow up.