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Old 6th Apr 2007, 23:09
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mrsurrey
 
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Hi eveyone,

I just did a search on this and found that Dell has tried this before and previously took LINUX PCs off sale in 2001 becuase of low sales.

http://archives.cnn.com/2001/TECH/pt...idg/index.html


I'd love to use Linux, out of a bloody minded desire to break my dependance on Windows. But of course it worries me all the same, do you think mainstream software will work seamlessly with it or are there issues that need to be taken into account?

Also I've always wondered how much PC makers pay Microsoft for their bulk purchases of Windows, seeing as you can pick up a PC these days for £200 how much of this do you think is the Windows licence?

Cheers,

MrSurrey
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