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30 November 2007 - 11:12am — Christopher Wright
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JIM WASHINGTON: Due to increasing pressure form the public to clarify the differences between the many versions of the Nifty Doorways Verandah operating system, Ubersoft announced today a consolidation and renaming of the current versions on the market.

JIM WASHINGTON: There are now only three versions of the Verandah operating system, and those three versions have been named to more clearly underscore the primary differences of each.

JIM WASHINGTON: "Nifty Doorways Verandah: Cheap" and "Nifty Doorways Verandah: Expensive" will be available before Christmas. "Nifty Doorways Verandah: Just Give Me Your Wallet" will arrive shortly after the new year.

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Comments

Sounds about right

30 November 2007 - 3:00pm — Opus the Poet (not verified)

I use Linux, I wonder how much cheaper it would be to buy computers if MS wasn't in every one of them whether you wanted it or not?

Opus

Honestly, not much. Most all

30 November 2007 - 4:49pm — Lord Psychodin (not verified)

Honestly, not much. Most all companies you buy a computer from give you windows Xp/Vista home for free, and depending on how much you get, pro for free as well. there's only really a cost on an OS if you build your own system, ultimately.

No, they don't give you the

30 November 2007 - 7:55pm — DavidRS1992

No, they don't give you the OS for free - you pay for it. Sure, it's less than if you bought a store copy, but you still pay for it. For proof, compare the cost of a Dell-built system with Ubuntu as the OS to one with Windows.

As long as you don't accept

1 December 2007 - 4:19am — ccanni1028

As long as you don't accept the ToS when you turn on your new computer the first time, you can actually sell your Windows licence back to Dell (other companies might do it too) for a certain amount. I want to say it's between $30 and $50, but I don't remember. Search online for "Windows OEM refund" and you might find it.

And the best bit is...

2 December 2007 - 9:43am — ZeroCool (not verified)

And the best bit is, I'll bet that in quite a few cases, the extra money is ploughed back into the computer being purchased. I mean, I know when I purchase a laptop for Uni in approx 9 months time that I'll opt for Ubuntu (then wipe it to put debian on :P) and use the extra cash to get a better laptop.

Then I'll also get an Eee PC or the latest equivalent as an *ahem* 'backup', but I digress...

Not only Dell...

2 December 2007 - 3:07pm — Martin (not verified)

A French court recently ruled that the computer manufacturer (Acer, in that case) actually has to reimburse to you the cost of all software delivered with it which you don't want to use. In this case, that was about half of the laptop's price.

http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/96518 (News on heise, German)

http://perso.libre-zone.net/fichiers/jugement.pdf (Judgement, French)