[ltp] Updates on getting Recovery CDs for T41 + rapid restore ultra

James Knott linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 27 Sep 2004 11:40:06 -0400


Jan Kokoska wrote:
> I consider a "violation of my human rights" to have to pay for OEM XP in
> the first place, when all I ordered was a laptop. I never used XP on it
> after the initial boot&wipe. Not accepting EULA didn't help either.
> Buying the hardware without M$ tax is not possible as far as I am aware
> of.

Actually it is.  Some companies sell computers, without Windows, at a 
lower cost.  For example http://www.angelcomputer.com/ .  They will sell 
you a notebook computer with Linux or without any OS, for several 
dollars less than the same system with Windows.