Re: Dell's w/o OS - where?

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They do not list them on the "Home/Home Office" part of their website, but
if you go to the "Small Buisness" choice you can then choose under
desktops or laptops either "Open Source Desktops" or "Open Source Laptops"
 they apparently come loaded with FreeDOS (for free, I think so they can
boot and test them)

On Sat, February 3, 2007 09:06, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 12:45:18 -0500,
>   Claude Jones <claude_jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Someone posted here recently about Dell now making machines
>> available for sale w/o an OS - I can't seem to find that post,
>> nor any such machines on the Dell website. Probably a case of
>> staring me in the face, but does anyone have a link handy?
>
> Why not buy from parts. That way not only do you avoid the Windows tax,
> but you can also get better quality (ecc memory and motherboard that
> supports
> it) parts and/or video cards that have open drivers.
>

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