Then how much nosing around on Russian hacker sites it take to amass the drivers you need to make it run? How much is your time worth to you? What if you could pay a little more to just sit down and start using the computer right out of the box? AND to be able to start using Unix immediately, too?
What drivers ? Winxp has most device drivers already built in. Those that are not will have to be manually installed whether you buy a new computer or build your own.