Anthony Hecht from The Stranger Blog posted a recent chat with a Dell tech support rep, the highlight of which we’ve pasted below:

03/27/2007 01:18:23PM Agent: “Did you purchase your copy of windows from Dell?”

03/27/2007 01:19:12PM Anthony: “The copy of XP that is currently installed on the machine is from Dell. The copy of Vista is not.”

03/27/2007 01:20:40PM Agent: “Did you purchase your copy of windows from Dell?”

03/27/2007 01:21:22PM Anthony: “you already asked me that. The copy if Windows XP that is installed on the machine is from Dell. The copy of Windows Vista was purchased from Microsoft.”

03/27/2007 01:21:44PM Agent: “Okay thanks.”

03/27/2007 01:22:45PM Agent: “I will not be able to assist you with installing the third party software.”

The real question is: “Which of the above pictured individuals is in charge of Dell tech support?”—MEGHANN MARCO

Good Times With Dell [Stranger Blog] (Thanks, James!)
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