How to avoid the Apple tax?

[Shawn McCuan]

I've never heard of any way to avoid it...I'm pretty sure that MacOS is 
installed on every computer that ships from their building.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Bennett" <richard.bennett at skynet.be>
To: <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 7:09 AM
Subject: How to avoid the Apple tax?


>
> Hi,
> I've been looking for an ultraportable laptop to run Ubuntu Linux on, as a
> more portable alternative to my current Dell that breaks my back each time
> I take it with me.
> Seeings as I don't need Windows I was hoping to avoid the Microsoft tax by
> buying a barebones laptop that doesn't come preloaded with Windows, i
> found something good here:
> http://www.rkcomputer.net/store/index.php/action/item/id/181/
>
> But by the time I loaded the options I need, and shipped it to Belgium,
> paying the VAT and postage it all adds up and takes weeks. It turns out I
> can get a Macbook 13" delivered free in 3 days with a US keyboard, and it
> looks a lot nicer too.
>
> But of course, even though I just want to run Ubuntu on it, it comes
> preloaded with OSX.
> Has anyone heard of a way of avoiding the Mac tax, like the way people
> request a Microsoft rebate by not accepting the Ms License?
>
> I don't want to migrate to OSX because I run all my servers on Linux and
> by using it daily I learn a lot about the OS, and I have become addicted
> to the Opens source way of helping and getting helped.
>
> I'm not really worried about the financial cost of a bundeled Mac OSX, but
> am looking for a way to show Apple that the fact that they bundle OSX on
> all their hardware is no better than the way MS get Windows preloaded on
> all consumer PCs.
>
> I'll start by sending this question to their customer service and see what
> they say...
>
>
> Richard
>
>
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