I recently bought a Dell with XP Home Edition >grimace<, and they absolutely would not give me any kind of refund. They said it was "bundled" with the laptop, not a separate line item, so no refund. Sounds flaky to me. TC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee Einer" To: Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 11:17 PM Subject: Re: New Coaster! > On that note, I just purchased (tonight) a new laptop. Only problem is, > it comes with XP. I asked if I could get another rebate if I got it > without the stinky OS, but they thought I was kidding. So now I have to > ask- is the Microsoft CD that comes with it a coaster, or can I get a > rebate from MS for the OS which I will never use? > > > > Lee Einer > > James wrote: