Ben Rubinstein wrote:
I did a project deployed on about 75 custom-made solid-state computers, and the only reason we had to use Windows (which added about $120 to the price for each unit)...
I used to wonder where I can get a machine without an OS preinstalled, and here's a shopping tip which apparently you know but I just learned a few days ago at my local Linux user group:
With Dell and HP (and maybe a few others), if you buy through the business section you can specify that the computer come with no OS installed, and this usually knocks off about $100 or so from the purchase price.
This option isn't advertised in the normal consumer section, where to get their "good" pricing with Microsoft they're required to put up a silly banner that says "We recommend Windows 7" or some such.
My last purchase was a Dell laptop, and I've been impressed with the good performance and solid construction of the machine. I got that one second-hand, but now that I know how to get OS-less computers from Dell my next one will probably be from them.
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