[ale] May need purchase Laptop - Linux Friendly

[Scott Plante]

Darn, you had me excited there for a minute. I kinda figured it was too good to be true, though. 
Scott 

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From: "Charles Shapiro" <hooterpincher at gmail.com> 
To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org> 
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 12:56:19 PM 
Subject: Re: [ale] May need purchase Laptop - Linux Friendly 



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: 

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" 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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