Selling computer (1 Viewer)

[blackbunny]

I bought new pc and want to sell my old pc. Can I sell my old pc with all these apps installed like winxp pro, office 2003, acrobat pro, photoshop8 etc withought giving the cd's to the buyer (is it legal?)?

 

[MedNez]

Your three most preferable options are:

1. Format the computer, and sell it fresh so the buyer can do what they wish, which leaves it up to their choice.

2. Same as above, but sell the software disks along with it, so they can choose to install what they want

3. Sell it all as it is, with the install disks, as they can always format it themselves.

The problem is if you have all your software on there, the buyer may only want X, Y and Z. Not the entire alphabet. Easier to start fresh, I think. Plus all your data is erased (to a degree).

Med

 

[blackbunny]

i bought all my cd's but winxp pro got lost. Luckily i have a bask up copy. Can I sell my pc with this?

 

[Arvin Sloane]

I bought new pc and want to sell my old pc. Can I sell my old pc with all these apps installed like winxp pro, office 2003, acrobat pro, photoshop8 etc withought giving the cd's to the buyer (is it legal?)?

No. You have read your E.U.L.A's haven't you?

Neither do I. But if you did, you would find such acts are verboten.

 

[blackbunny]

what if i sell the pc and give the apps as a present?

 

[ogmzergrush]

As far as I know, that would still be illegal. The only way you can legally give them the machine with software installed is if it is accompanied by the original discs, and you don't retain backups. Giving them software installed on the machine as a "present" is illegal, assuming by that you mean that you'd be retaining the originals.

 

[zenger69]

Just sell it privately hush hush.

No one has to know.

 

[loquasagacious]

That would definately be illegal, I would only do that for a mate and even so, or particularly so I would make sure all personal data was erased.

In a sale to a person not known to you the computer should be erased and formatted, both for legal reasons and politeness. They don't really want your messed up system of organising things. At absolute most I would bundle it with (the original copy) of XP however delete all third party apps on it. Sell original CDs with it but don't leave the software installed.