__/ [ Ian Hilliard ] on Thursday 01 March 2007 17:53 \__
> DFS wrote:
>
>>> hence we are forced to pay double what you pay.
>>
>> You're not forced to buy anything.
>>
>
> You're quite right, don't get a machine with Windows preinstalled and you
> don't have to pay for it.
>
> The problem is finding a mainstream machine that doesn't have Windows
> preinstalled. Microsoft has the mainstream OEM's so tied up that pretty
> well the whole world has to pay Microsoft Tax.
>
> Lets hope that that situation changes soon.
>
> Ian
...And machines without Windows (or FreeDOS, for we shalt not permit 'naked'
boxes to run astray) can cost more than ones that have Windows preinstalled.
Antitust? Hello? Haaalllloooo....
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