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Re:Refund of pre-installed Windows: Lenovo must pay 20k euro... by 0110101001 on Sunday March 14, 2021 @02:23PM (#26457478)
The EULA says:

> If you do not accept and comply with these terms, you may not use the software or its features. You may contact the device manufacturer or installer, or your retailer if you purchased the software directly, to determine its return policy and return the software or device for a refund or credit under that policy. You must comply with that policy, which might require you to return the software with the entire device on which the software is installed for a refund or credit, if any.

And the article says:

> Finally, in December 2020, the Court of Monza rejected all Lenovo's arguments, confirming that the right to reimbursement of the pre-installed software was due. The sentence pointed out that the manufacturer itself had expressly assumed this obligation in the Windows licence.

Re:Refund of pre-installed Windows: Lenovo must pay 20k euro... by andrewnicolalde on Sunday March 14, 2021 @03:58PM (#26458418)
> You must comply with that policy, which might require you to return the software with the entire device on which the software is installed for a refund or credit, if any.

I wonder what they mean by "device." Device as in the hard drive or device as in the entire computer? Surely having to return the entire computer defeats the point of Windows' refund policy?

Re:Refund of pre-installed Windows: Lenovo must pay 20k euro... by easton on Sunday March 14, 2021 @04:22PM (#26458721)
Device means computer, what that means is either “return the computer or the OEM license to the manufacturer for a refund”, which is to say that you get all of your money back if the computer is returned, not just the hardware cost.
Re:Refund of pre-installed Windows: Lenovo must pay 20k euro... by gowld on Sunday March 14, 2021 @08:06PM (#26460946)
That decision is completely unsupported by the quoted EULA text.