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<blockquote data-quote="Lurch" data-source="post: 162382" data-attributes="member: 6967"><p>The problem is that manufacturers are heavily subsidised by various vendors, hence why you get crap internet security packages etc... It is not worth them not selling a machine with Windows on as it will be more expensive. Dell did do a spell of selling machines with Ubuntu but made the spec lower and the price higher than the Windows counterparts so basically rigged the trial, but that's no surprise. Basically your best option is to buy a Windows laptop and just stick Ubuntu on it. You can, if you feel up to the hassle, argue that you have never used the Windows installation and get a refund from MS. Not entirely sure how but I have read about it somewhere.</p><p></p><p>As for 10.10 being any good, I've hardly used it yet, my collection of Ubuntu machines are primarily for Myth TV and the occasional usage by others. This upgrade hasn;t majorly borked anything so that's always a bonus.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lurch, post: 162382, member: 6967"] The problem is that manufacturers are heavily subsidised by various vendors, hence why you get crap internet security packages etc... It is not worth them not selling a machine with Windows on as it will be more expensive. Dell did do a spell of selling machines with Ubuntu but made the spec lower and the price higher than the Windows counterparts so basically rigged the trial, but that's no surprise. Basically your best option is to buy a Windows laptop and just stick Ubuntu on it. You can, if you feel up to the hassle, argue that you have never used the Windows installation and get a refund from MS. Not entirely sure how but I have read about it somewhere. As for 10.10 being any good, I've hardly used it yet, my collection of Ubuntu machines are primarily for Myth TV and the occasional usage by others. This upgrade hasn;t majorly borked anything so that's always a bonus. [/QUOTE]
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