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Acer clarifies position on Linux PCs

...5710Z with no installed operating system — thus making it a so-called "naked PC". "It was done by us," said the Memory World salesperson on... Read more

2 August, 2007 by David Meyer

Dell soon to launch Linux PCs

User demand has convinced Dell to offer PCs with Linux pre-installed — but there will be no naked PCs Read more

29 March, 2007 by Colin Barker
Dell prompted into action over open source

Dell prompted into action over open source

PC vendor acknowledges users' requests for Linux, but stops short of offering open-source software as standard Read more

26 February, 2007 by Richard Thurston

Microsoft: Don't sell PCs without operating systems

Naked PCs: Free software supporters are angry that Microsoft is putting pressure on PC vendors not to sell machines without an operating system installed Read more

7 April, 2006 by Graeme Wearden

Dear silicon.com... Vista gripes, naked PCs, geek rage, nuclear fallout...

Reader Comments of the Week Read more

27 September, 2007 by silicon.com staff
Top five PC manufacturers fail <endeca_term>naked PC</endeca_term> test

Top five PC manufacturers fail naked PC test

...company said customers should call its sales call centre to order a naked PC, and that it was impossible to do it online. Dell told... Read more

16 March, 2007 by Richard Thurston

Swiss user wins Vista refund from Dell

After all our difficulties trying to purchase a naked PC from Dell, one user seems to have had rapid success, albeit... Read more

26 March, 2007

Users split over naked PCs

While some PC users are in favour of computers being sold without an OS, others believe having Windows pre-installed keeps life simple Read more

1 October, 2007 by Natasha Lomas
A free market for free software

A free market for free software

...no problem with that. Retailers then have the option of selling a naked PC with no operating system, or one with a free operating system... Read more

24 September, 2007 by Leader

EU thinktank calls for naked PCs

...options for breaking Microsoft's monopoly, but settled on the so-called "naked PC" option because offering customers a choice of bundled operating systems would... Read more

24 September, 2007 by David Meyer
The bare-faced facts behind naked PCs

The bare-faced facts behind naked PCs

...top five PC sellers we talked to, none could actually provide a naked PC. Dell came closest, offering to ship a PC at a £50... Read more

19 March, 2007 by Leader

Counting the cost of counterfeiting

Q&A: Michala Alexander, Microsoft's head of anti-piracy, claims that far from punishing users of counterfeit software the software giant just wants to help and educate them Read more

22 May, 2006 by Andrew Donoghue

Naked PCs: The naked truth

Best of Reader Comments: Keep it simple, stupid... Read more

2 October, 2007 by Natasha Lomas

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