Re: Windows tax

For what it's worth:
http://faduda.ie/200-words/faduda-v-microsoft-part-ii


On Wed, 7 Sep 2016 14:31 Shaun Laughey, <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Pawel,
>
> Sadly I've never got anywhere.
>
> I bought a HP laptop and pursued the Windows refund but they were quite
> ignorant and their support staff were clueless so I've not bought anything
> from HP for years as a direct result.
>
> However Dell have a few Linux systems and I own 2 of them.
>
> I have a Dell Latitude 15 laptop and it came installed with Ubuntu 14.04
> in March and I upgraded the awful hard drive with an SSD.
>
> I previously bought the XPS 13 sputnik also with Ubuntu but Dell have
> never updated their drivers and the power management has never worked
> properly so my battery life sucks but it's lovely looking all the same and
> I still use it as my daily machine after 3 years which is a record for me.
>
> http://www.dell.com/learn/ie/en/iebsdt1/campaigns/dell-linux-ubuntu-en
>
> Regards,
> Shaun Laughey
>
>
>
> On 7 September 2016 at 12:07, Pawel Bogucki <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm wondering about Windows tax incuded when buying a new PC.
>> Does anyone have any experience with getting a refund for Windows
>> included with new PC/laptop?
>> Are you aware of any legal challenge in IE with regards to it?
>> From my googling around I found that in Italy it went through their High
>> Court and was deemed illegal to bundle Windows with new PC based on EU
>> competition laws (Article 102 of EU Treaty) but didn't find anything for EU.
>> Some people on boards.ie reported getting money back from Dell for Vista
>> couple of years ago but nothing recent.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Pawel
>>
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