As part of Greg Apparantly Gives Everyone A ComputerT 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
Greg Brooks wrote:
As part of Greg Apparantly Gives Everyone A Computer^(TM) 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!
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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On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 1:43 AM, Ty Unes [email protected] wrote:
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!
That's mistaken. Here's the section of the EULA text that deals with transferring the software.
4. TRANSFER-Internal. You may move the Product to a different Workstation Computer. After the transfer, you must completely remove the Product from the former Workstation Computer. Transfer to Third Party. The initial user of the Product may make a one-time transfer of the Product to another end user. The transfer has to include all component parts, media, printed materials, this EULA, and if applicable, the Certificate of Authenticity. The transfer may not be an indirect transfer, such as a consignment. Prior to the transfer, the end user receiving the transferred Product must agree to all the EULA terms. No Rental. You may not rent, lease, lend or provide commercial hosting services to third parties with the Product.
The relevant portion is the "Transfer to Third Party" section. You can read the entire EULA here: http://www.attivissimo.net/rimborso_windows/eula_windows_xp_professional_usa...
-- Chris
Very well, I stand corrected. However, I'm still left with how many people who sell used gear really have all the stuff needed to make the transfer legit? I'm betting not many.
Thanks for the correction though. It's good to know.
Christofer C. Bell wrote:
On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 1:43 AM, Ty Unes [email protected] wrote:
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!
That's mistaken. Here's the section of the EULA text that deals with transferring the software.
- TRANSFER-Internal. You may move the Product to a different Workstation Computer. After the transfer, you must completely remove the Product from the former Workstation Computer. Transfer to Third Party. The initial user of the Product may make a one-time transfer of the Product to another end user. The transfer has to include all component parts, media, printed materials, this EULA, and if applicable, the Certificate of Authenticity. The transfer may not be an indirect transfer, such as a consignment. Prior to the transfer, the end user receiving the transferred Product must agree to all the EULA terms. No Rental. You may not rent, lease, lend or provide commercial hosting services to third parties with the Product.
The relevant portion is the "Transfer to Third Party" section. You can read the entire EULA here: http://www.attivissimo.net/rimborso_windows/eula_windows_xp_professional_usa...
-- Chris _______________________________________________ Kclug mailing list [email protected] http://kclug.org/mailman/listinfo/kclug
On Sunday 15 June 2008, Ty Unes wrote:
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!
That would be illegal.
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