You're one of the lucky ones, then, Jan. I avoid Octagon like the plague -- bad service, incompetent sales staff. Not really worth my (or any other consumers') time.
To the OP: you should file a complaint against them (DTI?). I don't even think it's legal, what they did. On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 9:27 PM, jan gestre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Carlos, > > Our company purchased three(3) Compaq laptops from Octagon SM Megamall > branch some four (4) months back and all the laptops came with DOS. They > didn't give us any hassles whatsoever. Maybe now MS is forcing them to do > this bullying tactics but hey MS was able to bully even the big > manufacturers like HP to have Vista pre-installed on their Mini-Notebook coz > if they won't follow what MS wants then MS won't certify their drivers. > > Jan > > On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Carlos Yu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Just wanted to share a true story with PLUG members. One of CYWare's >> programmers' laptop wouldn't power up yesterday and since we were >> chasing a deadline for a project, I decided to purchase a new one right >> away. I went to Octagon in Park Square 1 Glorietta and found a decent >> Compaq laptop reasonably priced at 40K PHP. The laptop box said it came >> free with the DOS operating system which didn't matter to me since we >> were going to install Linux on it. >> >> I called the sales guy, handed him my credit card, and told him I wanted >> to purchase the machine. He then told me that they were not allowed to >> sell the laptop unless I purchased an operating system with it. I told >> them that my company, CYWare, sells primarily Linux based products and I >> would be installing Ubuntu on it. The sales guy insisted that a >> licensed operating system had to be installed on it and told me I had to >> purchase Vista with the machine. I then asked for the manager and >> explained what I was trying to do. The manager instructed the sales guy >> to make a phone call and after the phone conversation, they re-iterated >> the same policy: Windows Vista had to be purchased with the machine. I >> then asked the manager if he was willing to give up the sale because >> there was no way I was going to pay for something I really didn't need. >> To my amazement, he said he was. >> >> Needless to say, I took my business elsewhere. After visiting a few >> stores, I realized that the nice laptops all came with Vista. I ended >> up going to WellCom and buying a more expensive laptop that came with >> Windows Vista installed. Of course, once it got back to the office, the >> hard drive was reformatted and Vista was replaced with Ubuntu. >> >> I know I could have researched the purchase more carefully, but >> unfortunately, I was in a rush and foolishly assumed that a laptop >> purchase would be simple. Go figure... >> >> >> _________________________________________________ >> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >> http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > > -- > http://jangestre.wordpress.com > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- Ian Dexter R. Marquez http://feeds.iandexter.net/Coredump Norah Jones – Wish I Could _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
