[ale] May need purchase Laptop - Linux Friendly

[Charles Shapiro]

Joke. Google up "windows tax" for everything you want to know.

-- CHS



On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> When I was looking at the Linux offerings on Dell, the hardware combo for
> Linux was always a bit more than the lowest Winders version. So there was
> ALWAYS a winders systems that cost less. and there was no apple-to-apples
> comparison as they never offered the same hardware combo for both OS's.
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 12:18 PM, Scott Plante <splante at insightsys.com>wrote:
>
>> "The machine never booted winders, so I should get money back from
>> Microsoft."
>>
>> Can you actually do that? How? Or was that meant as a joke?
>>
>> 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.).
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *From: *"Charles Shapiro" <hooterpincher at gmail.com>
>> *To: *"Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
>> *Sent: *Monday, August 26, 2013 9:35:35 AM
>> *Subject: *Re: [ale] May need purchase Laptop - Linux Friendly
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> -- CHS
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