Comments on: What If You Still Want An XP Machine? http://www.pcmech.com/article/what-if-you-still-want-an-xp-machine/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:43:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jason Faulkner http://www.pcmech.com/article/what-if-you-still-want-an-xp-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-12556 Jason Faulkner Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:07:46 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=7084#comment-12556 Interesting... Combine this that with the 'upgrade only version workaround' (http://www.pcmech.com/article/install-vista-fresh-using-only-an-upgrade-version/) and you could have a Vista machine for ~$100 less. Interesting…
Combine this that with the ‘upgrade only version workaround’ (http://www.pcmech.com/article/install-vista-fresh-using-only-an-upgrade-version/) and you could have a Vista machine for ~$100 less.

]]> By: Alan David http://www.pcmech.com/article/what-if-you-still-want-an-xp-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-12479 Alan David Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:18:11 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=7084#comment-12479 Something you've not mentioned. In the Vista EULA it states if you <em>do not agree</em> to the Vista EULA and will be installing a different OS on that computer you can request a refund from the system builder. This just happened to me with a Dell Inspiron laptop I just purchased. I decided to install a copy of XP Pro 64bit I had sitting around rather than deal with Vista. Per the EULA I contacted Dell and requested a refund for Vista. After getting past the first layer of customer service (who I'm sure thought I was out of my mind) I got a manager who was aware of Microsoft's adding that to the EULA. My check for $239.95 arrived today. Something you’ve not mentioned. In the Vista EULA it states if you do not agree to the Vista EULA and will be installing a different OS on that computer you can request a refund from the system builder.

This just happened to me with a Dell Inspiron laptop I just purchased. I decided to install a copy of XP Pro 64bit I had sitting around rather than deal with Vista. Per the EULA I contacted Dell and requested a refund for Vista. After getting past the first layer of customer service (who I’m sure thought I was out of my mind) I got a manager who was aware of Microsoft’s adding that to the EULA. My check for $239.95 arrived today.

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