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Authored by: Ian Al on Friday, July 19 2013 @ 04:04 AM EDT |
I think that they only get their Windows discount by promising to sell just
Windows 8 machines. Acer seem to be the same.
I bought two Acer Revos with no operating system (actually KDE Linux with the
nettop setting) both from eBuyer and a smashing Zoostorm i5 with 500GB drive,
SFF case and 16GB memory with Windows 7 (for a Windows software, mobile Digital
Audio Workstation).
I went to the Zoostorm site to see if I could get it cheaper, direct and if I
could get an even more powerful machine with no OS as a heavy hitter Linux
machine. Every model was sold with Windows 8, only.
I think this is all to do with Microsoft's marketing policy and licencing deals
to keep everything other than Windows 8 from the world's leading desktop and
laptop suppliers.
We might work hard to find desktop and laptop freedom. A huge proportion of
computer purchasers have decided to buy nothing at all rather than a Windows 8
machine.
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Regards
Ian Al
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Authored by: martinjh99 on Friday, July 19 2013 @ 04:04 AM EDT |
Ebuyer
Even though they
say the recommend Win8 Ebuyer sells them without an OS...
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