buying a laptop either bare or with Ubuntu

[Lloyd Kvam]

On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 10:53 -0500, Ben Scott wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Lloyd Kvam <python at venix.com> wrote:
> > At least we managed to avoid buying an unwanted Windows license.
> 
>   The question is, did you avoid paying for it anyway?
> 
>   I've noticed in the past that many PCs being sold without a Windows
> license cost the same as the ones with.  I've wondered if that's Dell
> pocketing the difference, or whether Microsoft is still getting all
> (or some) of the money, just not giving us the license.  

In the past, I determined that Dell's Ubuntu systems were slightly less
than the Windows equivalent.  I did not check this time before placing
the purchase.  I'll poke around and report back.

> They've been nailed in court for doing so before, so this isn't baseless
> speculation.
> 
> -- Ben
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