On 12 November 2016 at 12:49, Nigel Verity <nigelver...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Whilst I fully understand why a PC, pre-installed with a Linux distro, is > no cheaper than one with Windows I do question what is gained by paying a > significant premium. A Linux enthusiast will presumably be both prepared > and able to install a distro on any piece of kit that can run it, the > newbie will probably start with a PC he/she already owns, and the > non-techie is unlikely to be interested to the extent of paying over the > odds. > I've not seen any of the pre-installed linux systems being offered at a "significant premium" -- usually they are roughly the same price as a Windows system or slightly (but not much less). Can you cite an example of such a system? Old systems (particularly desktops) usually work well with free UNIX-like systems because people have had time to write device drivers for the hardware. Frequently brand new systems (particularly laptops) don't work well due to lack of these drivers. Even when laptops are relatively well supported its frequent that there are issues with suspend and resume, wireless device stability and battery life etc. Many of us who are Linux experts and have to deal with it all day at work would quite like to buy an off the shelf system with decent Linux support for home use and support the few companies offering these systems. There are too few such systems available.
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