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I'm not opposed to this, but buying a machine with Windows pre-installed means that Microsoft gets paid. I want to avoid that.

• krapp 13y ago
  You could try to find one used. Microsoft still gets paid but at least not by you. Also no customer service I guess... Also it occurs to me that you could possibly buy a laptop without a hard drive, then a blank hard drive, boot linux from a thumb drive and install that way. You would still have to luck out on matching the hardware specs and everything though. Also also it occurs to me that that might be a viable service right now, for someone who has money to burn.