Selling a consumer a laptop with pre-installed software is not an unfair business practice, a European high court has ruled. A top European court has ruled that technology companies can sell consumers computers with pre-installed software without offering a version that is not already equipped with an operating system and ready for immediate use. The ruling stemmed from a complaint made eight years ago by a Frenchman named Vincent Deroo-Blanquart, who bought a Sony laptop in 2008 with Windows Vista Home Premium already installed on it. At the time, the plaintiff refused to agree to Window’s terms and conditions and asked Sony to reimburse him for the cost of the operating system. To underscore just how long ago the case was in technology years, Forbes noted: “Microsoft’s operating system is not three generations along and Sony stopped making laptops two years ago.”

Source: Daily News Egypt September 07, 2016 11:48 UTC