Why Buy a PC Preloaded With Linux?

Shadow7789 writes "I have been in the market for a new computer for the past few weeks and I know that I want to run Linux on it. However, every time I look at (for example) Dell's computers that are preloaded with Linux, the question pops into my head: 'Why should I buy a PC preloaded with Linux?' They are more expensive, and it's not hard just to reformat the PC with Linux. I hate paying the Microsoft Tax as much as anybody else, but if paying that 'tax' allows companies to reduce my price by bundling with my PC products that I will never use, why wouldn't I just buy a Windows-loaded PC and reformat?"

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Actually, Judas was dumb

[Moraelin]

No, you'll feel better if you stand on principle, especially if it only cost you a few bucks. Judas killed himself over twenty silver pieces, right?

Actually, it was thirty silver, and I think it was just because he was dumb.

I mean, come on, Jesus had to count as at least rare, if not epic. He definitely would have been worth more than thirty silver at the auction house. But nah, Judas just had to vendor him.

I bet he hanged himself when someone told him, "dude, you could have auctioned him for at least 350 gold, according to Thottbot." I mean, I know newbies who went depressive for having vendored Coarse Stone when you tell them they could have gotten gold for it. Vendoring Jesus? Damn, I'd probably hang myself too the next day.

Well, unless Jesus was already soulbound and couldn't be auctioned.

(Big WoW related joke, for whoever doesn't understand what I'm going on about.)

Alternately, think of it this was: Jesus is the healer and resser of that raid, and he goes and aggroes both the Romans and the Jewish leadership in one fell swoop. And he gets nailed for it. I mean, damn, didn't they have a _tank_? Did noone there know how to pull?

And what kind of a raid size was that? I can see 25 or 40 as a raid size, I could even imagine a 15 man instance, but thirteen? Gimme a break. You don't go after elite bosses like Pillat Pontius with just thirteen people, no matter how l33t your healer thinks he is.

Judas probably hanged himself after trying to get another healer and a proper defense tank for the next attempt at that instance, and having no success for the rest of the day.

I know some groups like that and days like that almost made _me_ want to hang myself ;)