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Windows is free when I buy a PC. If I need to pay additional money to keep the OS running then I may as well save some money in the first place and just use Lin
by lotsoweiners 3y ago
Windows is free when I buy a PC. If I need to pay additional money to keep the OS running then I may as well save some money in the first place and just use Linux.
- LoganDark 3y agoI hear System76 has some decent machines that don't have to stomach the cost of a Windows license. I believe Dell also offers a variant of the Dell XPS that is cheaper for having Linux?
- justinclift 3y agoFramework laptops too: https://frame.work https://frame.work The have the OS choice (Windows Home, Pro, or "No OS") with the price listed for each. "No OS" is $0, the windows ones aren't.
- LoganDark 3y agoMy main complaint against them used to be the lack of GPU. But now, if I ever have a next laptop, it very well could be a Framework 16.
- justinclift 3y ago16 not 15?
- LoganDark 3y agooops
- grotorea 3y agoWindows is free because the price is bundled. There's the possibility that the PC will be cheaper with a subscription since the OEM won't have to pay Microsoft for the Windows license if it's the end user paying the subscription. Microsoft could even end up paying the OEM for preinstalling Windows.