[Haifux] Successful Windows Vista refund!!

[Meir Kriheli]

Amichai Rotman wrote:
> Zvi,
> 
> I salute you for the effort you took for the grater good!
> 
> Yashar Koach!
> 
> As for Israeli shops selling Laptops with pre-installed Linux - I
> remember a guy at the last August Penguin (2008) selling said Laptops by
> the staircase.
> 
> I can't remember the name but I know he has a web site...
> 
> Can any of you remember ?
> 

Affordy :
http://start.affordy.com/affordy/affordy.htm


Cheers
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Meir Kriheli

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> On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 01:04, sara fink <sara.fink at gmail.com
> <mailto:sara.fink at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> 
>         Oh, well, Dell
>         Israel are likely to say something like, "Since you are not running
>         Windows your warranty is void," and then one would have to go
>         through a
>         small claims court again, attaching the email exchange and the
>         refund
>         confirmation to the suit...
> 
> 
>     I'd like to comment on this. I have a fujitsu siemens. I installed
>     linux and  the laptop was many times at repair. Their mode of
>     operation was to pull out my hd, insert a hd with windows, check,
>     repair hardware and insert back my hd.
> 
>     So this scheme can work for every one. They usually say at the lab,
>     backup, etc. You always can claim that you don't ask them to repair
>     the os, but only the hardware. They have their test disk which
>     checks everything, independent of the os. And as last point, ask
>     them where it's written that you have warranty only if you have
>     windows. A lawyer won't write such a thing in these agreements/eula. 
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