[ltp] Updates on getting Recovery CDs for T41 + rapid restore
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James Knott
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 27 Sep 2004 12:26:07 -0400
James Knott wrote:
> 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.
Forgot to mention, I seem to recall HP selling Linux equipped notebooks
in (IIRC) Malaysia.