On 04.05-08:17, Jochem Kossen wrote: [ ... ] > > today i bought a Samsung Laptop Drive, 160GB, Model Number is HM160HC. > > It came in a anti-static plastic bag together with a little leaflet. > > Usually i don't read those, but today i did, and came across the > > following paragraph: > > > > "Hybrid Disk Drive products are licensed for use only on devices that > > deploy the Windows VISTA Operating System as their principal operating > > System. If you or any other party install(s) an operating system on the > > computing device that is not Windows Vista, the use of this Hybrid Disk > > Drive may require an additional license from Microsoft. > > For further information, please contact Microsoft." [ ... ] > It appeared more people were confused by the text, and both Microsoft > and Samsung have explained that the terms mean, that if you use a > different operating system than Windows with this drive, you need to > get the appropriate license to use said different operating system. If > you want to use an operating system owned by Microsoft with it, you > have to get a license from them; if the operating system is not owned > by Microsoft, you don't need to get a license from Microsoft.
this is a legal two-step and i recommend that you refuse to be satisfied with the "clarification" by Samsung and Microsoft and contact the appropriate consumer bodies within your duristictions to have this matter lodged with them (assuming the drive is sold under those terms within your country).
