[ubuntu-in] Microsoft Monopoly

[Bhavani Shankar R]

On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 7:15 PM, Abhijit Navale <abhijit.foss at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> When I looked to buy a branded laptop, I felt much bad that I can customize
> a laptop BUT I MUST select a M$ operating system. And this really is like
> forcing us to pay money even if we do not want to buy it. Is there any talks
> before this post or is there a way to buy a branded laptop (like HP, DELL or
> a sony vaio).
>

I bought a dell vostro laptop 2 and a half years back with FreeDOS CD
bundled and no OS installed

I am using it even now with ubuntu installed

No serious issues here

regards



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