Re: [PLUG] Without OS X

[Paul <paul@dpagin.net>]

I guess Apple doesn't care about the person who already has OS X and 
decides to buy new hardware.  Not much different from M$ in that 
respect.  Why are Linux users who hate the M$ Tax willing to quietly pay 
the Apple Tax?

Christian Hedemark wrote:

> Not anymore.  You used to get (when I got mine last year) OS X
> preloaded, OS 9 on a CD, and a choice to blow OS X away if you wanted
> to.
>
> If you're just talking about buying Apple hardware without paying the
> "Apple Tax" for the OS, you're kidding yourself;  Apple's pitch is all
> about selling one integrated product (as opposed to a patchwork of
> hardware & software like we've been accustomed to in PC-land).
>
>  
>
> > Is it possible to buy a Mac laptop without OS X?
> >    

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