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Fair enough. But, as you pointed out he could've bought a computer from a dealer with no OS installed.

It's getting really tiresome to refute this particular lie over and over again.

Please name a nationwide OEM that will sell you a PC without Windows.

If you want a PC with support, you buy from a Gateway, a Dell or an IBM. None of them offer a PC without Windows.

If you will settle for buying a machine from a Mom and Pop operation or if you build it yourself, you can do it without paying the Windows tax. But if you buy from any of the big OEMs, you pay for Windows and you can't get your money back.

Please name a nationwide OEM that will sell you a PC without Windows.

Since when do you have to buy a computer from a nationwide OEM? You can order a complete computer system without Windows from thousands of computer dealers all over the country and they'll ship it to your home.

If you want a PC with support, you buy from a Gateway, a Dell or an IBM. None of them offer a PC without Windows.

If you want a PC with ~~support~~ Windows, you buy from a Gateway, a Dell or an IBM. None of them offer a PC without Windows because the product they sell is a PC with Windows.

If you will settle for buying a machine from a Mom and Pop operation or if you build it yourself, you can do it without paying the Windows tax. But if you buy from any of the big OEMs, you pay for Windows and you can't get your money back.

If you want a PC without Windows then don't buy a computer from a company that sells only PC's with Windows.

Knitebane, you posted:

"Please name a nationwide OEM that will sell you a PC without Windows. If you want a PC with support, you buy from a Gateway, a Dell or an IBM. None of them offer a PC without Windows."

Well, here we go:

Check out this page at IBM, where you can get an Intellistation with Linux

Check out this page at DELL, where you can get systems pre-loaded with Linux

Check out this page at GATEWAY, where you can get SUPPORT for Gateway servers running Linux.

Mind you, I am not a Microsoft employee. I am just tired of people complaining that they can't get what they want from those "terrified OEM's".