On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Nate Carlson wrote: > On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Brian wrote: > > I'm just curious to hear if anyone else has actually done this. I'm > > considering buying a cheap E-machine for $400, sending my Win95 > > media/license back for a refund (should be $200, but I've heard stories to > > the contrary) and basically buying a $200 Celeron system for parts. Does > > anyone else have any input on this? > > When I worked for a local computer store, we paid around $80 for a copy > of Windows.. that's all you'd get back. For eMachines I'm sure they only pay ~$40 for Windows licenses, and you'll only get that back if the license hasn't been changed by MS since last year and eMachines feels they'll be legally bound to the terms of the license. Highly unlikely. -Brent --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org