I can't speak for other countries, but here in Italy one can have a refund if he/she won't oem windows installed on the pc.
The same is not true for macs, i suspect... Sergio On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 10:47 -0500, Christopher Stamper wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Pietro Bergamo > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It is lesser evil to pay the money to Apple, that > > pretty much avoids MS getting funded with Linux laptops > which > > otherwise forcefully come with Windows installed even if the > customer > > does not want that. > > > > Karoliina > > > > Why so? Aren't they both just corporations seeking their > profits? Why > would it be more or less evil to give your money to any of > them? I don't > want to sound rude, but AFAIK you can't buy Linux macbook, can > you? > You're forced to swallow Mac OS, even if you don't want > to. :^) > > This is serious flamebait... ;-) > > Anyway, I have to agree with you. If you're buying a computer to prove > something, then by all means do not get anything that runs mac or > windows. > > Seriously, though - I buy a computer because I wanted that particular > machine. Not to support a company (If you're concerned about > supporting some 'evil' company, then don't get a mac: the *entire* > purchase goes to the company, rather than just the OS price). I think > it's dumb to try to 'boycott' a company, just because they are trying > to make money for themselves. > > Sure, it's a waste of money to buy an OS bundled, if you're not going > to use it. But really, the OEM price of the OS is very, _very_ small. > > Buying a computer just because of some silly Apple logo is another > story, though... :-) > > > -- > Christopher Stamper > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web: http://tinyurl.com/2ooncg > gTalk: http://tinyurl.com/6e359r > Skype: cdstamper -- Sergio Bello - Software Architect Sintechno S.r.l. [www.sintechno.it] Via Dante, 188 26100 - Cremona (ITALY) Phone 0372 22942 Fax 0372 565287 Mobile 329 9499343 EMail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- There are only 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don't... -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
