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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish49•8 months agoNever send them the drive. They are probably required to boot to the desktop for qa
minus-squareTransient PunklinkfedilinkEnglish33•8 months agoYup, exactly what they said. But I didn’t know any better at the time. These days I would just fix that myself rather than send it to them
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish18•8 months agoYeah, it’s a once in a lifetime thing lol, but it’s better to put that out on the off chance someone reading it may have to send one in. I hate to say it, but unless they’re corporate machines or you put it together yourself, computers are basically disposable these days.
minus-squareTransient PunklinkfedilinkEnglish10•edit-28 months agoYeah, that is really sad. I’m actually due for a new laptop soon, I’m just very thankful that Framework exists now.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•8 months agoI mean if you already bought the computer, they’re really just giving it back to you and I’m pretty sure you can just download it.
minus-squareDreamButtlinkEnglish3•8 months agoI was mostly being snarky. Windows only comes preinstalled if you buy a full setup. All my stuff is either Mac laptops or custom towers so I always have to acquire a new windows license when I setup a new build for myself or my partner
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•8 months agoNo, yeah I was just being snarky too. I guess builders(probably gamere) are the only real retail windows buyers lol
Never send them the drive.
They are probably required to boot to the desktop for qa
Yup, exactly what they said. But I didn’t know any better at the time. These days I would just fix that myself rather than send it to them
Yeah, it’s a once in a lifetime thing lol, but it’s better to put that out on the off chance someone reading it may have to send one in.
I hate to say it, but unless they’re corporate machines or you put it together yourself, computers are basically disposable these days.
Yeah, that is really sad. I’m actually due for a new laptop soon, I’m just very thankful that Framework exists now.
Cheeky way to get windows for free?
I mean if you already bought the computer, they’re really just giving it back to you and I’m pretty sure you can just download it.
I was mostly being snarky. Windows only comes preinstalled if you buy a full setup. All my stuff is either Mac laptops or custom towers so I always have to acquire a new windows license when I setup a new build for myself or my partner
No, yeah I was just being snarky too. I guess builders(probably gamere) are the only real retail windows buyers lol
Just install it without a key.