Rafiki*

New computer arrived today. Very sexy thing it is, too.

...Don't you dare tell me off for spending money on a sexy new computer when I owe my dad so much money. It's not for me, it's for Rambo. He's been supporting me whilst I've had no income whatsoever for the past year and a half, working overtime to be able to pay bills and buy food, and still finding the time to take care of me when he gets home. We've been so tight on money that he's not been allowed to buy anything for himself in all of that time either. He fucking deserves this.

Anyway, sidetrack aside, I was trying to tell you that the wonderful computer I'd ordered without an OS because I refuse to give Microsoft any money...came with Windows 7 installed. Not really a problem, I was planning on pirating it anyway (and in fact, wasted a good hour doing just that this morning before realising it already had it installed), but a tad confusing. They didn't charge me for it or anything, but why bother to install Windows 7 and not give me an activation key for it? That's either some cheap ploy to try and convince me to go buy an activation key, or just them trying to make life slightly easier for pirates by pre-installing software. On the other hand, the main reason I usually buy computers without an OS is because I'm planning on putting linux on them, so it makes life slightly more annoying for their linux customers, but slightly easier for pirates.

I fail to see the logic.

Or, you know, Occam's razor - they just wanted Windows on it whilst testing and forgot to take it off before shipping it. But then I can't rant about how annoying and illogical they are.

*Rambo named his new computer 'Rafiki'. His explanation went something along the lines of 'computers are to humans as monkeys are to lions'. Seriously. Possibly a slightly better reason than me naming my new laptop 'Suzie' because I was putting openSUSE on it.