On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 10:27 AM, Kenney Jacob <[email protected]>wrote:

> You can think about it in a different way. Dell comes with pre loaded
> windows. If you want Dell, you will have to use windows. If you dont like
> windows, dont buy dell.
>
> Its like buying a car, Tata manza comes with a fiat engine. Can you ask
> them to give you an option to use a tata engine itself ? If you want a tata
> engine, you buy some other car.
>
> Kenney
>
>
I am not sure about the engine, but I know (from firsthand experience) Tata
(or most dealers) definitely buys back tyres if you need different kind.  I
would love to see the same in case of computers -- I don't need Windows, so
just give me the money back.



>
> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 7:11 AM, Althaf <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Thursday, 23 September 2010, Praseed Pai <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Hi All ,
>> >
>> > @althaf
>> >
>> > I think most vendors offer an alternative , if you ask for. Some vendors
>> give FreeDOS as the primary OS and some do use Linux distros.
>>
>> Well to spotlight, take dell into account, i'm aware they have few
>> models with freedos and linux, i believe problem is much more
>> fundamental than the few models they provide, i totally support them
>> if they mention "Dell recommend so and so / for optimal performance
>> dell recomm.. so and so" rather than forcing people to use and buy so
>> and so.
>>
>> PS: Dell is just an example, no flame wars please ;-).
>>
>>
>>
>>
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