Buying computer with no OS disk

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I'm thinking of buying a notebook from
morgancomputers.co.uk - this comes bundled with win2k on a
10Gb disk. Though I'm apparently paying for the OS they
refuse to supply a disk and will not put their image of
win2k on any bigger disk I might subsequently buy (not
from them as they don't sell them).
Is this legal? Either I've paid for the OS or I haven't,
in which case how can they legally supply it?
BTW their salesman blamed Microsoft for "this ripoff". !?!
Cheek!
Any help appreciated.
 
They should supply you with a restore cd at least.
Yes I've seen this, some licensing agreements require the
seller to not supply the install cd, the only way around
this is to either not buy the hardware or buy the software
seperately.
 
This can be done legally (kinda) what they are doing is the cheapest way
possible buying a Corporate open end License. With this you have to trust
that the company purchased a License for your computer, They are not allowed
to supply a CD. This is a very Gray area in the Licenseing agreement, and to
blame Microsoft for them using the cheapest way possible is a joke. My
question is what other ways did they cut cost.
 
LOTS of computer manufacturers are doing this now!
The OS comes on the harddrive in a directory and on a restore cd if
supplied. The restore cd is NOT usable for accessing the OS. The
directory where the cab files reside is a different matter. You CAN
backup this directory to a cd and then you will have MOST of the OS.
You will have to make a bootdisk for that machine to make it usable.
 
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