[DC LoCo] to buy a computer without the Microsoft tax

[N.C. Weber]

The only thing I can think of is to get yourself a "bare bones" kit with no OS.  That is, if you don't mind putting the machine together yourself.

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From: Greg Reagle <reagle at cepr.net>
Sent: Mon Mar 19 11:45:05 EDT 2012
To: ubuntu-us-dc at lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: [DC LoCo] to buy a computer without the Microsoft tax


Howdy. I really like the deals on outlet.dell.com and outlet.lenovo.com. I especially like the 3 year warranty Dell gives even for refurbished computers; Lenovo seems to offer only one year of warranty. However, I do not want to pay the Microsoft tax. They all seem to come pre-installed with MS Windows.

I already looked at http://laclinux.com/gnu/ThinkCentre which I found via the Free Software Foundation, (https://www.gnu.org/links/companies.html) but their prices are much higher than the outlets (of course).

I am looking to buy a desktop, something like a Dell Optiplex or ThinkCentre M series; it will have Ubuntu (I don't care whether it is pre-installed).

Any ideas to avoid the Microsoft tax without paying (an arm and a leg) *more*?

-- 
Greg Reagle
System Administrator
Center for Economic and Policy Research 
reagle at cepr.net
http://www.cepr.net/

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