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| − | Do NOT use Windows, use a free<ref>as in "freedom-respecting". And less-importantly, but also obviously valuable: free as in price</ref> operating system like [[Ubuntu]]. If you buy a laptop (or any other) computer with Microsoft Windows pre-installed, the license is restricted to that hardware[full stop]. This means that when the laptop dies, you can't actually transfer the operating system to new hardware. If you're laptop dies, you can't use the OS that "came with it" to upgrade an old PC, nor install it on new hardware | + | Do NOT use Windows, use a free<ref>as in "freedom-respecting". And less-importantly, but also obviously valuable: free as in price</ref> operating system like [[Ubuntu]]. If you buy a laptop (or any other) computer with Microsoft Windows pre-installed, the license is restricted to that hardware[full stop]. This means that when the laptop dies, you can't actually transfer the operating system to new hardware. If you're laptop dies, you can't use the OS that "came with it" to upgrade an old PC, nor install it on new hardware. You didn't buy an operating system, you rented it. On the other hand, if you download (for free) a freedom-respecting operating system like [[Ubuntu]], [[Fedora]], or [[Debian]] |
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Revision as of 14:01, 13 October 2015
Do NOT use Windows, use a free[1] operating system like Ubuntu. If you buy a laptop (or any other) computer with Microsoft Windows pre-installed, the license is restricted to that hardware[full stop]. This means that when the laptop dies, you can't actually transfer the operating system to new hardware. If you're laptop dies, you can't use the OS that "came with it" to upgrade an old PC, nor install it on new hardware. You didn't buy an operating system, you rented it. On the other hand, if you download (for free) a freedom-respecting operating system like Ubuntu, Fedora, or Debian
More[edit | edit source]
http://www.cnet.com/news/windows-8-moves-to-bios-based-product-keys/
References[edit source]
- ↑ as in "freedom-respecting". And less-importantly, but also obviously valuable: free as in price
