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Story: Microsoft: Vista UAC designed to 'annoy users'

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Shame...

...that part of the cost of the laptop is the Vista install. MS will be able to claim one more sales figure and - as far as the stats go - you're using it.

I like that Dell do supply (a very VERY small number of) machines with XP still on, but I don't like how they charge you extra for them. Likewise, their incredibly limited range of machines featuring Ubuntu isn't as impressive as I'd have hoped - and considering they have a "free" OS on them, they're pretty pricey.

A shame they don't do a "no OS supplied" option at £100 or whatever less, and you can then choose to install whatever you want on there at your own cost.

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