Yes it is, you can even buy laptops with no OS pre-installed or a gnu/linux distro. Chromebooks are the worst possible thing, I tell everyone to stay away from

Yes it is, you can even buy laptops with no OS pre-installed or a gnu/linux distro. Chromebooks are the worst possible thing, I tell everyone to stay away from these crippled google branded piece of slavery. I advise either a second hand quality laptop or a brand new one while budgeting a little extra for cleaning the crap that manufacturers preload inside to allow for such a low selling price.