Re: [PLUG] notebook without options

[kuzman@sccs.swarthmore.edu (Kuzman Ganchev)]

A friend of mine got a dell a while ago, and he said that if you do
not accept the licence agreement, you can have Dell refund you that
part of the price (although I don't know if he tried it - he had a lot
of trouble getting the actual laptop to arrive, then it came with a
burnt pixel... you get the point).

Kuzman

On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 02:52:47PM -0500, Mike Leone wrote:
> > I've been looking for the option on Dell's website (as
> > mentioned earlier) to get rid of the Windows OS on a
> > laptop in the customize section but can't find it. We
> > are still forced to pay the "Micorosoft Tax"?? I
> > should like to see an option that says "No OS  - $200"
> > or something instead of just picking between XP pro
> > and XP home. Maybe Im missing something??
> 
> The only fact you're missing is what a simple one - what you'd like the reality to be ... isn't. :-(
> 
> Yes, it should not be that way. But it is, at least as far as Dell is concerned.
> (For a while, you could order desktops with Linux; no more. You *might* still be able to order servers with Linux. Laptops were never offered with Linux, IIRC)
> 
> I know they used to offer their server line with no OS; I bought a couple that way a couple years ago. I think they only offered that on their server products, tho.
> 
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