[Nottingham] query on new laptop

[Michael Simms]

Sounds to me like he means he has a different licensed windows copy. 
Obviously just cos you have one, doesn't mean you would need to pay for 
subsequent ones you aren't using. Thats the way I read it anyway...

Michael Simms, CEO - Tux Games LTD
http://www.tuxgames.com

On 07/14/2010 08:04 PM, James Holland wrote:
> Maybe because I have a licensed VM running from the same IP address??
> You've activated a copy of Windows, it doesn't matter if the hardware
> it's running on is "real" or not.
> You aren't entitled to a refund; I'm a windows-refund evangelist and I
> can admit that.
>
> On 14 July 2010 19:53, Paul Tew <binarybod at gmail.com
> <mailto:binarybod at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     I walked in to PCWorld, Mansfield and saw the spec on my Compaq
>     (a.k.a. 'HP') Laptop (model: CQ60-32SA) which is 64bit AMD, nvidia
>     graphics, 4GB memory and other stuff...
>
>     I told them I wasn't needing Windoze so they struck off the software
>     support on my receipt (well thanks tech guys - I suppose you aren't
>     up to the task).
>
>     Ubuntu 10.04 64bit running all my forensic applications like a dream
>     - brilliant!
>
>     As a bonus, the webcam works, the wireless works, compiz works; in
>     short, <double negative> nothing doesn't work </double negative>.
>
>     Footnote: I asked Microsoft for a refund - 6 months later and
>     constant pestering later, no reply. Maybe because I have a licensed
>     VM running from the same IP address??
>
>     Paul Tew
>     Notts Police eCrime Unit
>
>
>     On Tue, 2010-07-13 at 21:03 +0100, stripes wrote:
>>     Hi Folks,
>>
>>     I am planning to get a new 64-bit laptop (prefer NVDIA graphics) and
>>     run ubuntu.  What makes would you suggest?   I prefer HP and Dell
>>     (have an XPS 1330 running lucid lynx) and have had experience with
>>     Acer (mixed) and Toshiba (not so good).
>>
>>     Any suggestions?
>>
>>     thanks
>>     stripes
>>
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