> As do I. However, my point about the preinstall, is that you at least > *know* that everything works under Linux if they preinstall it. As it > stands now, you never really know if all the hardware is supported. > Even if they would sell it blank (no OS) and certify that it works > with Linux, I would be happy with that (since I wouldn't have to pay > the M$ tax). I would actually prefer the latter arrangement, since I > would likely wipe whatever version was on there and install my own. > > -Roberto >
About midsummer I bought two HP pavilions for about 2500 dollars, I tried to buy them with Linux installed for the same reason, that is, as assurance that it would work under linux, since I was going to switch to debian anyway, but Linux systems can be bought only through the bussines section of www.hp.com I finally decided to go with the windows ones, because no matter how much I tried, for same or comparable systems they were charging me about 200 more in the Linux preinstalled systems. That really stinks. So, from my pocket point of view, even paying the M$ tax was less expensive. I figure that they were collecting extra money for the work, or perhaps a freak lack of coordination between the different departments. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
