Notebook producers impose Windows software upon consumers?

PanARMENIAN.Net - Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has filed a case against Asus, Acer, HP, Toshiba, Samsung and Dell companies, accusing them of violating competition law. As shown by the results of FAS survey, over 90% of notebooks bearing the above-mentioned trademarks have a previously installed software produced by "Microsoft Corporation". But the companies haven't envisaged the possibility of returning customers money in case the latter refuse to buy notebooks without a previously installed operational system.



Check-ups began this February. As a result, Asus turned out to be the only company which possessed documents regulating money return procedures. And actually this was the company that aroused FAS's curiosity in the sphere. As to Acer, it has submitted a relevant documents in the form of a project considered valid since May 2009.



According to Russian FAS, Purchasers will be informed of companies' new policy upon starting their notebooks for the first time.



Dell corporation is conducting a very flexible policy in Armenia in terms of selling notebooks with a previously installed software, Edita Lalayan, Sales Manager of Lans computer shop network (Dell company's official distributor in Armenia) told a PanARMENIAN.Net correspondent. Purchasers are previously informed of the advantages of installed software, because as you know, a notebook without a previously installed operational system costs cheaper.