Re: Not always joking, it seems

In message <fppoip$dqj$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Keith F. Lynch 
<kfl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes
>Marcus L. Rowland <forgottenfutures@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Especially good right now, in terms of getting something that
>> works well, if the old model runs Windows XP and the new one
>> comes with Vista...
>
>How much extra do I have to pay to get a machine with no version
>of Windows at all?

Unfortunately that isn't usually a deal they can do - in store there 
won't be anyone who can set up another OS, and the warranty will almost 
always be for the machine as supplied, e.g. with windows. You're always 
at liberty to wipe the hard disk and start from scratch but they won't 
do it for you. Most PCs will do a reasonable job of running some sort of 
linux setup, but getting it onto the PC and getting everything to work 
with it is a non-trivial task.

If you're looking for DOS you're probably not going to have much luck - 
there are no modern PCs I know of that can be made to run any version of 
DOS without Windows behind the scenes doing things like memory 
management.


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