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The common reason to buy a computer preinstalled with linux is to not pay the windows/ios tax. Not that the price would be different though.
by Moru 6y ago
The common reason to buy a computer preinstalled with linux is to not pay the windows/ios tax. Not that the price would be different though.
- dkersten 6y agoFor me it’s more about making sure the hardware support is good.
- usr1106 6y agoThe sad fact is that the Microsoft tax is cheaper than the extra costs niche manufacturers need to charge because by nature they have worse economics of scale.
- CountSessine 6y agoYeah - there’s that too. I need to run Windows in a VM anyways for some specialized tasks, so having the Windows license is useful.