[ale] OT: Laptops.

[Keith Hopkins]

Joe Knapka wrote:
> David Corbin <dcorbin at machturtle.com> writes:
> 
> 
>>I'm looking to buy a new toy.  I owned 3 Dell laptops (various ages), and I've 
>>been happy enough with them.  However, I'm irritated with their policy of 
>>making me pay for Windows and other crap-software.  So, I'm willing to look 
>>at other vendors, and I have been.  
> 
> 
> Doesn't Dell offer OS-less versions of their machines? I'm nearly
> certain I read that somewhere.
> 

Dell offers OS-less (and even Linux pre-loaded) desktops and servers, but sometimes it is difficult to convince their sales people of that fact.
I have not known them to offer their laptops sans Winbloze.

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Lost in Tokyo,
   Keith