Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoNot even the ghost of obsolescence can coerce users onto Windows 11www.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square371fedilinkarrow-up1677arrow-down131
arrow-up1646arrow-down1external-linkNot even the ghost of obsolescence can coerce users onto Windows 11www.theregister.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square371fedilink
minus-squareblindbunnylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·9 months agoJust so everyone knows at one point Microsoft was forced to buy your unused windows key on a new computer. It would be a damn shame if we forced them to do that again.
minus-squareseaQueue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-29 months agoPro tip here, ASUS will give you a refund for the cost of a windows license if you hassle them enough. In theory you need to not have activated Windows on the laptop but in practice I don’t think they have any way of verifying this.
minus-squarePixxlMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoThe cost of the license on their end, or the cost of a license as you would buy it personally?
minus-squareseaQueue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoThe cost of the license as passed on to the customer IIRC.
minus-squarePixxlMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoHonestly good to see that they are willing to do that!
Just so everyone knows at one point Microsoft was forced to buy your unused windows key on a new computer. It would be a damn shame if we forced them to do that again.
Pro tip here, ASUS will give you a refund for the cost of a windows license if you hassle them enough.
In theory you need to not have activated Windows on the laptop but in practice I don’t think they have any way of verifying this.
The cost of the license on their end, or the cost of a license as you would buy it personally?
The cost of the license as passed on to the customer IIRC.
Honestly good to see that they are willing to do that!