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Story: Top five PC manufacturers fail naked PC test
Microsoft is probably giving them a spiff
Some choose to pass on the spiff as a rebate. The OS is a piece part to them and they have it factored into their cost, so when they say it costs them more, it could, but it would just be the cost of the rebate process and the amount they make on the OS as a piece part.
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Story: Top five PC manufacturers fail naked PC test
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Well done! adyj -
You can or used to able to get a naked pc fro... bigfootman -
get an IBM/Lenovo with Linux from an independent s... bLanark
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You CAN by a naked (OS-less) PC cyber_rigger
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I guess you didnt look hard enough - bad report cdtech
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you need to read the article again 1000025291
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Companies selling no-OS computers cyber_rigger
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Naked PCs from Fujitsu Siemens - go to emaack.com emaack
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No Linux PCs to be found on emaack.com! JNeuhoff
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Look here cyber_rigger -
Again no Linux systems! JNeuhoff
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Production line diversions could only cheapen the... bleedseason
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Dell does Linux as well as nothing blchoat
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again with the US links 1000025291
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Microsoft is probably giving them a spiff gdoan -
try mini-itx.com 45758
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Paying double as a company policy? Arthur B.
