buying a laptop either bare or with Ubuntu

[Greg Rundlett]

On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 12:02 PM, Lloyd Kvam <python at venix.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 10:53 -0500, Ben Scott wrote:
>> The question is, did you avoid paying for it anyway?
>>
> Vista Home Premium appears to add $30 to the cost.
>

I've noticed many vendors offering a Windows XP "downgrade" for an
additional fee.  I just ordered a Lenovo notebook, and they do that.
I don't know what to say about paying not to get something other than
it sounds like a mafia racket.  /me shakes head.  If I were going to
actually run Windows, then I'd probably pay extra for the XP option

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