Microsoft has backtracked on real ads in the Windows 11 Start menu.
        • @KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world
          12•6 months ago

          new pre built come with the free version of Windows.

          No, they come with a version of Windows included, which you paid for with part of the purchase price.

        • @SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml
          9•6 months ago

          And again, the version of window that comes on prebuilts and laptops isn’t free, the cost is rolled into the price of the device.

          • DerGottesknecht
            6•6 months ago

            The user you replied to probably build his pc from parts and thus not paid indirectly to Microsoft.

            • @Cataphract@lemmy.ml
              1•6 months ago

              I can’t see the message they replied to because the creator deleted it but I’m not getting what you’re saying and people are upvoting you so there must be something I’m missing. Are you guys buying pc parts with pre-installed OS on them? If it’s used than you’re using the original OS you received the part with?

              • DerGottesknecht
                2•6 months ago

                He said he took pictures of old xp keys in second hand shops and upgraded them.

                I’ve also never bought a windows license, i still use my education licenses after university a decade ago. I have not heard of pc parts with an OEM license attached, thats why I believe you can have used windows all your life without ever paying something to microsoft.

              • @thorbot@lemmy.world
                1•6 months ago

                I don’t buy a shitty prebuilt with windows installed. I pirate that shit and install it on janky PC parts smashed together