In message <62dpbiF21vj7sU1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Sean O'Hara
<seanohara@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes
>In the Year of the Earth Rat, the Great and Powerful Marcus L. Rowland
>declared:
>> In message <fppoip$dqj$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Keith F. Lynch
>><kfl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes
>>>
>>> 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.
>
>On the other hand, most people I know buy from the manufacturer, with
>the machines custom configured for them, and Dell at least does offer
>Linux.
>
Sure, but the cheap box-shifters and end of line crowd generally don't
do that.
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