<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/1/27 Jim Moore <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jmthelostpacket@googlemail.com">jmthelostpacket@googlemail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
This gets sticky. What Asus will tell you is that the OEM version of<br>
Windows XP Home is worth about £6 to them; this is how much you can<br>
expect back off them should they choose not to instead insist that you<br>
return the unit to the retailer for an exchange for a Linux box or a<br>
refund (they are under no obligation to accept the COA in lieu of<br>
credit). If you instead go Microsoft, what they'll tell you is that to<br>
qualify for a refund (of the same amount if not less) you have to send<br>
them not only the COA, also the original purchase receipt for the unit.<br>
This has the unfortunate side effect of leaving you for up to nine weeks<br>
with NO comeback should you need to return the unit for warranty repair<br>
(as most places require the receipt before they'll honour a warranty).<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>To be honest, you would be better selling the unused copy of XP and the COA on ebay or the uk.adverts.computers newsgroup. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Simon </div></div>