[ltp] OT: Windows Refund

[Florian Reitmeir]

Hi,

On 2012-04-13 20:48, Fen Labalme wrote:
> I wanted something similar.  My T420 came with Windows 7 and is now
> running Ubuntu GNU/Linux.  I asked if they could send me a CD
> and activation key so I could load the Windows that I paid for into a
> VirtualBox (as I find running Windows to QA websites I build is useful).
>   But they told me that the Windows that came with the machine was keyed
> to the machine so that they couldn't do this.  Seems morally wrong, but
> there are few morals in business, I suppose...

i don't see whats the problem, windows bundled with hardware is a lot 
cheaper than systembuilder/boxed versions. you paid less, you got less.

when you buy laptops with windows home edition, it get more confusing, 
because those laptops are normally shipped with a lot of software (demo 
versions), which make the whole bundle cheaper (companies are paying 
money to get on the laptop..), so buying such a laptop and _not_ using 
windows is cheaper, than buying a laptop without OS.

and if you want to use win7 in virtualbox..
http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Baustelle/Installiertes_Windows_in_Virtualbox_nutzen

its in german, but it boils down to read the SLIC and DMI data, and 
configure the virtualbox to match those.

-- 
Florian Reitmeir
E-Mail: florian@reitmeir.org
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