Adam W wrote:
on Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 02:22:03PM +1100, Bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
why take delivery of a box with the spam os on it? I bought my last two
boxes without any software at all; and expect to continue
purchasing
that way
Thats my thought too. If they wont sell you a box without and OS go else where.
That's all well and good - but if you wont a decent laptop from a decent company with a good warranty (like dell provides) then you have to compromise.
I don't know about you... But I wouldn't be caught buying some no name laptop that is going to fall apart a day after the warranty expires just because they wont sell me the machine without the OS I want on it.
Yes your thoughts may be ok when buying a desktop machine - but certainly not for laptops.
Regards,
AW.
Fair point, but I know of at least one no name laptop which you could buy with no OS, extend the warranty to 3 years (on-site warranty) and still save a couple of hundred dollars over a laptop with M$ installed. It's a no name laptop but with 3 yr warranty, it's gotta be fairly safe.
Also, I thought Dell were starting to offer no-OS machines? Maybe that's just on their servers.
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