[mythtv-users] First ION desktop officially announced - Acer AspireRevo

Brian Wood beww at beww.org
Wed Apr 8 19:42:39 UTC 2009


On Wednesday 08 April 2009 13:41:11 Glen Sagers wrote:
> Bill Williamson wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Simon Hobson <linux at thehobsons.co.uk
> > <mailto:linux at thehobsons.co.uk>> wrote:
> >
> >     Travis Tabbal wrote:
> >
> >         Good specs. For $300, it's certainly a contender. Even better
> >         would be to sell it as bare hardware without the OS and
> >         perhaps the HDD
> >
> >
> >     You can always take the OS back, tell them you don't accept the
> >     EULA, and demand your money back for the OS. The vendor is
> >     required to reimburse you for the price of the OS - that is the
> >     only way various legal systems have allowed the EULA to stand, by
> >     allowing the purchaser to reject it AFTER purchase when they are
> >     able to read the terms.
> >
> >     Expect "resistance" to the refund though.
> >
> >     I have to admit, I'm sort of itching to have a go at it !
> >
> >
> > How much do you bet they pay for it, though?  I'd guess under $15.
>
> I got $14 and some change from Dell for Vista home premium with very
> little resistance.  They asked if I'd used it, and when I said I hadn't,
> and wouldn't, they took about 5 minutes to process the refund, and it
> was back on the card within a couple of days.  Was it worth it?  Only as
> a moral victory!

I wonder how much you might get (or have to pay them) to leave off the 
crapware. Of course you owyuld have to "use" Windows to even see that I 
guess.

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