[nzlug] Dell are sooo pwn3d

[Simon]

On Tue, 2007-06-26 at 17:34 +1200, David McNab wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-06-26 at 16:25 +1200, Matthew Poole wrote:
> > I think the best "tax refund" I've seen on the 'net from someone who 
> > pursued the matter with their laptop mfr was USD59, and it was from a 
> > company smaller than Dell.
> 
I've noticed that these refunds seem to cover the OS but not the bundled
software. The DELL/Ubuntu boxes are US$50 cheaper than the win boxes (of
the same name). But, these are less functional. What if you bought a box
that was bundled with Office too... wouldn't that be a bigger refund?

Those DELL boxes are not *just* windows.

Anyway, I've heard that there is some policy now that the refund is US$5
or something (in that country).

> I've written to the Commerce Commission to seek their opinion, and also
> written (a polite email) to M$ to ask if 'M$ tax' rebates are available
> here.

That should be interesting... but I won't hold my breath.

Any Consumer subscribers out there? Isn't it time Consumer Magazine did
a comparison?