On Monday 24 January 2011 18:30:57 Shamit Verma wrote: > On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 7:15 PM, Abhijit Navale <[email protected]>wrote: > > 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). > > > > If there is no way, why are we not even trying to make a way? > > Its tough to get such a laptop from a US based company. > > Reason is, cost of $50 - $70 (approx additional cost of Windows 7) > is not significant in US /EU markets. With Office 2010's barebone > version available for free on these laptops, most customers prefer > a laptop that comes with Windows and MS Office. > > And markets like India are not large enough for these to invest and > develop a model without OS.
Logical error. You dont dvelop a model without os. You simply sell whatever model without OS. The reason they dont do it is because M$ signs deals that subsidises ads, and M$ products very very heavily, while charging for every machine shipped. ASUS was forced to stop the EEPC cause M$ showed them the agreement fine print (stick) and plenty of carrots. > These companies might have one or two > Linux models, but that is just for namesake. True. Again primarily to ward off anti monopoly lawsuites. > > However, Asian companies like MSI, ASUS do have laptops without OS. Again a miniscule few. -- Rgds JTD -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
