Subj : Re: HP ze4805us Notebook Hardware Questions
To   : comp.os.linux
From : mcubed (Michael M.)
Date : Thu Jul 15 2004 03:43 am

On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 19:39:17 -0400, Michael W Cocke wrote:

> On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 22:41:19 GMT, "mcubed (Michael M.)"
> <hfrargspam@msbx.net> wrote:
>>
>>I've never understood why people who object to this don't buy from a
>>company that sells computers without Windows pre-installed.
> 
> Because it's not always easy to buy a computer that doesn't have windows
> preinstalled. For example, Go buy a Toshiba laptop  without windows.

Here's one list, found from a quick Google search, of companies that sell
laptops with Linux pre-loaded:

http://www.linux.org/vendor/system/laptop.html

And that's *just* with Linux preloaded; there are others that will sell
them with no OS.

Complaining that you can't buy a Toshiba without Windows is like
complaining that you can't buy a Ford without an engine.  If you don't
like how Toshiba sells its laptops, don't buy one.  Seems easy enough
to me.

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Michael M.  ~~  hfrargspam@msbx.net  ~~  New York, NY USA
 "No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely
  under conditions of absolute reality;..." --S. Jackson

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