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[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just so everyone knows at one point Microsoft was forced to buy your unused windows key on a new computer. It would be a damn shame if we forced them to do that again.

[–] seaQueue@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Pro tip here, ASUS will give you a refund for the cost of a windows license if you hassle them enough.

In theory you need to not have activated Windows on the laptop but in practice I don't think they have any way of verifying this.

[–] PixxlMan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The cost of the license on their end, or the cost of a license as you would buy it personally?

[–] seaQueue@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The cost of the license as passed on to the customer IIRC.

[–] PixxlMan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Honestly good to see that they are willing to do that!