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Selling a pc with various software installed - bad idea?
DazedAndConfuzed
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I've inherited my mate's old pc he had while at uni and it's got loads of software on like Adobe Creative Suite 5, some CAD packages, a couple of linguistic packages as it was the pc his housemates all used for their various courses.
I don't need it so he's said to put it on e-bay and we'll split the money, thing is do sell it with all the software installed (and no doubt get a better price?) or best to clear it. Even then, I don't have the Vista disk so how do I go about formatting it?
All advice is gratefully received!
Cheers :beer:
I don't need it so he's said to put it on e-bay and we'll split the money, thing is do sell it with all the software installed (and no doubt get a better price?) or best to clear it. Even then, I don't have the Vista disk so how do I go about formatting it?
All advice is gratefully received!
Cheers :beer:
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If all the software is genuine I dont see a problem with selling it as it is....0
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How do I find out that it is? Problem is he's in Thailand now with limited access to e-mails and I can't really be bothered to wait a month to hear back if it's genuine stuff or not?0
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To be honest am not to sure on how too check if its genuine.... But you can buy a copy of Windows Vista relatively cheap to do a fresh install or try one of the free OS that are available....0
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i would personally expect that the computer will have at least some 'ahem' software especially when you consider Adobe Creative Suite 5 is currently retailing for around £700 on its own or £300 for the student versionDrop a brand challenge
on a £100 shop you might on average get 70 items save
10p per product = £7 a week ~ £28 a month
20p per product = £14 a week ~ £56 a month
30p per product = £21 a week ~ £84 a month (or in other words one weeks shoping at the new price)0 -
Personally I'd sell it as is. Just make sure that there's no personal data stored on it (like files called passwords.doc
Macintosh, iPhone, iPad and Web development0 -
That's my thinking, if they had the money to pay for all of the software then why have it all on the same pc? But on the flip side, if you spend all your money on software you can't afford a pc!
When I was at uni we chipped in to get QuarkXpress as the universite had 70 licenses for 300 students so you had to go to the library at 3am to use it
I just don't want this biting me on the @rse, but equally don't want to lose out if it's all decent0 -
Check to whom the programs are registered. Possibly listed under the Help section on the Interface of the program.
If you see your friend's name, the chances are they are ok. If you see the name of a group of hackers, not quite so good.
Brand of machine and model number?0 -
I'll have a look later on and see what I can see. Not sure what a hacker's name would be but i'm guessing something sinister or cool sounding (or have I just watched Swordfish too much?)0
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You could just overwrite everything by selling it with Ubuntu installed or something, then no legal issues what so ever
:exclamatiTo the internet.. I need to complain about something!0 -
Chimpofdoom wrote: »You could just overwrite everything by selling it with Ubuntu installed or something, then no legal issues what so ever
although i fully agree with this it will limit their buyers as people are still scared by things which are not from microsoft, silly peopleDrop a brand challenge
on a £100 shop you might on average get 70 items save
10p per product = £7 a week ~ £28 a month
20p per product = £14 a week ~ £56 a month
30p per product = £21 a week ~ £84 a month (or in other words one weeks shoping at the new price)0
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