Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 00:21:37 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Flemming Froekjaer <flemming@froekjaer.org> Cc: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Laptop without Windows Message-ID: <20010606002137.A14324@student.uu.se> In-Reply-To: <3B1D4BC4.A4698439@froekjaer.org>; from flemming@froekjaer.org on Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 02:14:44PM -0700 References: <3B1D4BC4.A4698439@froekjaer.org>
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On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 02:14:44PM -0700, Flemming Froekjaer wrote: > I was looking at buying a Dell Inspiron 8000, but there was no option to > buy it without a windows os. > So i called them instead and explained that I wanted to use the laptop > with FreeBSD. They said that would be ok, but i would have to pay the > same price, as with the OS. > Is that normal? I am afraid that is all too common. Many (most?) 'brand name' computers come with Windows pre-installed and you have to pay for it even if you don't want it. They probably have a deal with Microsoft where if they install Windows on *all* computers they sell they get a reduced price for Windows. Or they might just be greedy. Or lazy. Or something.... > I know Microsoft is not giving DELL free OS licenses, and I don't want > to support MS by buying there OS, when I'm not going to use it. Buy somewhere/something else. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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