On Fri, 2006-02-10 at 23:15 +0000, Adam Bower wrote:
they order one with Windows, remove it and the license sticker and try to get a refund later on
I am not sure how they would manage that. In the System Builder license terms (used to be OEM terms) MS state that once a sticker is attached to a machine there is no chance of refund for the licensed product.
This is why for example (and I've tried this trick once with Toshiba) If you as the end user refuse the OEM license terms and try to exert your right to return the software for a full refund, you will find that you have to return the whole machine.
The OEM licensing has changed a bit now, in theory at least an ordinary consumer shouldn't be able to buy a MS OEM licensing pack (we are talking about operating systems here, other software is slightly different). The OEM license sticker should only be provided to an end user physically attached to a qualifying machine (there isn't actually a requirement to install said software)