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bystoney27 ( 36372 ) * writes:
Why go through all the trouble of buying a machine with an OS when you can just get a barebones machine and then load what ever OS you want.
byShillo ( 64681 ) writes:
> Why go through all the trouble of buying a machine with an OS when you can just get a barebones machine and then load what ever OS you want.
Because of the strong Microsoft campaign against selling those machines as 'encouraging piracy', many vendors don't offer them at all. Others only offer this if you buy components and assemble them yourself - this is beyond many users who do want to run Linux.
Which is what the fuss is all about - a nice MS marketing ploy is falling apart and they're taking notice.
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bySpy der Mann ( 805235 ) writes:
I live in Mexico city. Commercial PC's have a prohibitive price tag. It's much cheaper to build your own.
Furthermore, in downtown there's a computer plaza. You DON'T buy brand-name PC's. You order them made (usually with cheap parts and mobo's made in Taiwan). Yeah they usually come with winxp unactivated. But you can just buy a cheap copy of RedHat CD around the corner, and do the installation the same day.
What? There's nothing like that in the US? O.o
byShillo ( 64681 ) writes:
I wouldn't know, I'm in Croatia.
Here, if you know what you're doing, you buy components. Which is what I do. Preassembled PCs are generally also preinstalled. With Linux, as of late, unless you make a mistake of buying a Dell (which are sold here, too).
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byGoofyBoy ( 44399 ) writes:
>Others only offer this if you buy components and assemble them yourself - this is beyond many users who do want to run Linux.
There are lots of stores that will assemble it for you. They will do this just to make a large sale.
You can buy a barebones machine. Just ask or say that you don't need Windows because you already have a copy from a previous machine and that you accept the responsiblity of loading the OS.
byFortress ( 763470 ) writes:
>...you buy components and assemble them yourself - this is beyond many users who do want to run Linux.
Honestly, how many people fall into this category? Most Linux users I know can assemble PCs in their sleep.
Personally, I can assemble a PC with the best of them, but so far Linux is beyond me. I have to use it at school for some of my CS courses, and I find it hopelessly obtuse, even with KDE to hide the console. I feel like an idiot using it, like everyone gets it but me. The help system, where it ex
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