The MicroSoft tax is the cost the vendor incurs to include Windows on your new computer... whether you want it or not.
In fairness, this is often substantially or even entirely offset by 3rd parties paying to have their windows-only programs installed. Trial firewall, virus protection etc. On Wed, 2009-08-12 at 10:54 -0600, vanessa wrote: > Richard Carter wrote: > > A colleague of mine at the university got a Lenovo laptop with unbuntu > > preloaded, no MS tax, in the States. > > > > Robin > > > > On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Gustin Johnson <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Jesse Kline wrote: > > > I'm now thinking of buying a laptop with Linux preloaded. Has > > anyone had > > > any experience with System 76 or Linux Certified? Any other > > suggestions? > > > > > I usually tend to focus on the hardware and then wipe whatever comes > > pre-loaded. I also, do not worry about the so called Microsoft tax > > since most companies make more in ad revenue from all the pre-loaded > > "trial" crap than the their cost of putting Windows on the machine. > > Dell also had more options so I could get pretty much exactly the > > laptop > > I wanted. > > > > Of course I don't get to make a dramatic statement that almost no one > > will notice with my purchase, but you get to make your own choices. > > > > So, in focusing on the hardware, my two current favorites are the Dell > > Latitude series (I currently own an E6400) and the IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad > > series (I currently own an older X41 from 2005). > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > What is this Microsoft Tax? > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
