[DC LoCo] to buy a computer without the Microsoft tax

[Keith Howell]

Find the spec that you want and then go to TigerDirect (or others) and buy
the components and build it yourself.

There are also 'bare-bones' deals that generlly come without OS.

Keith
On Mar 19, 2012 11:45 AM, "Greg Reagle" <reagle at cepr.net> wrote:

> Howdy.  I really like the deals on outlet.dell.com and outlet.lenovo.com.
>  I especially like the 3 year warranty Dell gives even for refurbished
> computers; Lenovo seems to offer only one year of warranty.  However, I do
> not want to pay the Microsoft tax.  They all seem to come pre-installed
> with MS Windows.
>
> I already looked at http://laclinux.com/gnu/ThinkCentre which I found via
> the Free Software Foundation, (https://www.gnu.org/links/companies.html)
> but their prices are much higher than the outlets (of course).
>
> I am looking to buy a desktop, something like a Dell Optiplex or
> ThinkCentre M series; it will have Ubuntu (I don't care whether it is
> pre-installed).
>
> Any ideas to avoid the Microsoft tax without paying (an arm and a leg)
> *more*?
>
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