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So the computer without Windows/with Linux will be cheaper, right/ ๐ฅน
Yes. Plenty of manufacturers do sell computers without windows.
Insert the Padme Anakin meme here.
Yes, that exact thing was the crux of a major lawsuit at one point.
If a company is doing it it's already is. But most are selling you windows compulsively.
Huh, that changed? The last time i bought a Laptop in 2018, it was still more expensive to get one without Windows preinstalled.
Oh, they fucking do that? Bloody hell, that's low. Maybe it depends on a country, but when I bought my previous Lenovo around 2019, they had an option without the OS and it was slightly cheaper, and only available for a small subset of laptops.
The only new laptop I got since was Framework, and obviously, they're also great in this regard, but I feel like they're outliers.
Always was.... just had to find the seller who sells you the laptop without a prepurchased license/preinstalled windows. Sadly was always higher tier stuff that had a choice.