<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">"</font><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">The machine never booted winders, so I should get money back from Microsoft."</span><div><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Can you actually do that? How? Or was that meant as a joke?</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">When I've searched Dell before, it seems they charge just as much for a configuration with Windows as without for desktops. They try to hide it by only offering Linux or no-OS on certain models, and not offering Windows on those exact configs, but they seem to be the same price as a similar system (proc, mem, disk, etc.). <br></font><br><hr id="zwchr" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-size: 12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Charles Shapiro" <hooterpincher@gmail.com><br><b>To: </b>"Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale@ale.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Monday, August 26, 2013 9:35:35 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [ale] May need purchase Laptop - Linux Friendly<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div>I splurged on a brand-new Lenovo thinkpad T530 core I5 in June. I turned the UEFI 'security' checksum off in the setup screens and installed Debian Slink on the machine. It runs flawlessly and very very fast. The machine never booted winders, so I should get money back from Microsoft. The auxiliary nvidia video processor also works great with the proprietary driver, but I don't generally use it 'cause it is significantly more power-hungry than the default video drivers. <br>
<br></div>-- CHS<br></div></div></div></div></body></html>