Don't see it happening for Macs. Why? OS is made SPECIFICALLY for Mac hardware. It's not a seperate product offering from a seperate company that you're having to pay more for the license for the OS. If HP were making their own OS for their systems, they wouldn't be looking at this.
I'd worry about any other manufacturer of PCs out there that doesn't offer at least 'no OS' options on their systems, though.
HP has a very few models of their systems that come with SuSe. You never see these in stores or advertised and have to order them direct from HP. They don't offer it as an option on 99% of their PCs/laptops. And the hardware the link with their small Linux offering also tends to be...well...lower grade compared to their offerings that are bundled with Windows.
HP is one product...Windows is another. HP doesn't offer anything BUT Windows bundled with their PCs. Yes, a PC without an OS is 'useless'...but some people prefer installing their own OS, or, heaven forbid, Linux! Granted, due to the current market, most people would probably go ahead and pick Windows by default, computer manufacturers really should offer to sell PCs with alternate OSs or no OS for those that have their own preferences for OS that don't coincide with what the PC manufacturer is offering. I once tried writing to HP and asking a Linux question (mainly, what they would recommend for my system that would support everything with the least hassle) and was told that putting anything but Windows on it would effectively void my warranty. No offer of a refund for the copy of Windows, nothing like that.
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Don't see it happening for Macs. Why? OS is made SPECIFICALLY for Mac hardware. It's not a seperate product offering from a seperate company that you're having to pay more for the license for the OS. If HP were making their own OS for their systems, they wouldn't be looking at this. I'd worry about any other manufacturer of PCs out there that doesn't offer at least 'no OS' options on their systems, though.
HP has a very few models of their systems that come with SuSe. You never see these in stores or advertised and have to order them direct from HP. They don't offer it as an option on 99% of their PCs/laptops. And the hardware the link with their small Linux offering also tends to be...well...lower grade compared to their offerings that are bundled with Windows.
HP is one product...Windows is another. HP doesn't offer anything BUT Windows bundled with their PCs. Yes, a PC without an OS is 'useless'...but some people prefer installing their own OS, or, heaven forbid, Linux! Granted, due to the current market, most people would probably go ahead and pick Windows by default, computer manufacturers really should offer to sell PCs with alternate OSs or no OS for those that have their own preferences for OS that don't coincide with what the PC manufacturer is offering. I once tried writing to HP and asking a Linux question (mainly, what they would recommend for my system that would support everything with the least hassle) and was told that putting anything but Windows on it would effectively void my warranty. No offer of a refund for the copy of Windows, nothing like that.