No Windows eh? Ok, pay the cost difference for not having crapware that subsidizes your cost of the machine. You are just fucking yourselves by requesting Linux/No OS option... tack on another $30 or so to the cost of the machine. There shall now be a Linux Tax. Oh, you linux users didn't know how business works? Should have taken some business courses in school instead. Sure, the price may be inflated slightly without the preinstalled software, but removing Windows from the configuration will save far more than $30. Maybe you should have taken some math courses in school instead.
Also, when Dell begins selling laptops with Linux preinstalled, I expect there will be similar preinstalled software. Just because it's Linux doesn't make it immune to that type of approach.
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Yes, and why can't similar software come preinstalled on a PC shipped with Linux? The revenue from these apps will still be there, Windows will not.
Also, when Dell begins selling laptops with Linux preinstalled, I expect there will be similar preinstalled software. Just because it's Linux doesn't make it immune to that type of approach.