They don't *have to* allow it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale_doctrine.
On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 01:43, Ty Unes [email protected] wrote:
Greg Brooks wrote:
As part of Greg Apparantly Gives Everyone A Computer™ Summer, I've got another one to give away. This time, it's a laptop.
This is a Toshiba Satellite, with a 74GB HD and 512mb of RAM, expandable to 1GB, I believe. P4 mobile processor @ 3.2 ghz. Legal copy of XP installed, although with this crowd I suspect that doesn't matter. :)
Boots/runs fine. Fan is *very* loud as is the drive.
The deal:
· Everyone except Nathan (who got the last computer I got rid of) is eligible.
· If you want it you have to come get it (Plattsburg, 35 miles north of downtown KC)
· If you're interested, shoot me an email off-list telling me the hostname you'll assign to the machine. Most interesting hostname (or most compelling beg) gets the laptop.
Greg
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Just a side note. I believe that 'legal' copy of Windows XP is *not* legal once you give the laptop away. If I understand correctly, there are 3 parts to a legal MS license, the original owner, the machine, and the COA. Remove any one of these and the copy is invalid. Not that MS would know or that anyone really cares, I just can't miss an opportunity to show just how ugly MS really is. Buy (or receive) a used laptop and MS wants you to buy your own copy of Windows!
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