Most people want a computer which they can turn on and run, the big company's like HP & Dell will always sell a computer with the OS.
They work in KISS principle, therefore you get one choice MS. However you can always re-format and install anything you want, hell I've even has 10.4 running on my 9400. The money you would save without an OS would only be $50 dollars (XP Home). It's no real biggie for me but yes in a perfect world you should have a choice.
Why can I not buy a New Laptop without an O/S. I do not want (Windozzze) and I do not want some off the shelf flavor of Linux.
I want to put what I want on it, not what some fascist organization thinks I should be using at my expense.
Why is my money being extorted from me when shopping for a new open architecture notebook for an OpSys I do not require?
Choice? What a joke!!!!!!!!

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