Re: [tlug] linux notebooks, virtualization, windows

[Lewske Wada <ryu@example.com>]

Dave M G wrote :
> Installing Windows is part of their manufacturing process (they have 
> some way of flash-writing the HDs I guess), so it costs them more to 
> manually remove Windows by request than to leave it on.
>
> I decided against Lenovo for that reason. Even though there are good 
> deals on Lenovo from their web site that offer laptops with good specs 
> for cheaper than equivalent competitors, so that the cost of Windows is 
> effectively negated from the consumer point of view, I just don't want 
> any of my money going back to Microsoft in any way. Nor do I want to 
> support the status quo that computers simply come with Windows as a 
> matter of fact.
>   

Oh yeah I don't want to pay for Windows either when I purchase a new PC.
The netbook from Asustek I bought last time came with
a commercial Linux distribution preinstalled.
Then I went on to Apple so I'm not bothered with M$ for years.

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