Yes, I'm sure that many linux users do build their own desktop PC's, as I do. This isn't the reason I would want such an option from Dell, as I probably will never buy a desktop from them. However, right now, I am using my Dell laptop that came with a preinstalled version of Windows XP that I have never used. When I bought it, I even asked if they would sell it to me with no software, but was told it is not possible. It would be nice to be able to buy a laptop from Dell, save some money, and not support the M$ monopoly.
Okay, this is off topic, but it must be said. Your "spacetime is a bunch of rubber U-shaped pant crotch things connected by a blobby series of tubes" metaphor really deserves its own page on the uncyclopedia, http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Main_Page.
I'm far too lazy to do it myself, so consider this a challenge.
In case anyone else is as confused/grossed at as I was when reading the summary... GooTube is apparently just a fancy pants way of referring to YouTube as newly acquired by Google.
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Yes, I'm sure that many linux users do build their own desktop PC's, as I do. This isn't the reason I would want such an option from Dell, as I probably will never buy a desktop from them. However, right now, I am using my Dell laptop that came with a preinstalled version of Windows XP that I have never used. When I bought it, I even asked if they would sell it to me with no software, but was told it is not possible. It would be nice to be able to buy a laptop from Dell, save some money, and not support the M$ monopoly.
Okay, this is off topic, but it must be said. Your "spacetime is a bunch of rubber U-shaped pant crotch things connected by a blobby series of tubes" metaphor really deserves its own page on the uncyclopedia, http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Main_Page. I'm far too lazy to do it myself, so consider this a challenge.
In case anyone else is as confused/grossed at as I was when reading the summary... GooTube is apparently just a fancy pants way of referring to YouTube as newly acquired by Google.