Re: Will this ruling have implications for secure booting?

I used to work with a guy in Adelaide who had successfully achieved a refund for Windows bundled with his laptop, back in the late 1990's: http://b4.vu/g/toshiba.html

In that case, however, Toshiba paid out $110 and didn't go to court, so I guess it didn't set a legal precedent.

There are quite a few cases of the "Windows Refund". It takes some time and effort through the courts for not much return, but it does establish a nice legal precedent. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_refund Best wishes, Lev