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Top Five PC Manufacturers Fail Naked PC Test
News ZDNet's reporters posed as undercover buyers to identify the policy of the top-five PC vendors in terms of supplying systems without an operating system, known as naked PCs. A naked PC gives IT professionals freedom to install the operating system...
[March 16, 2007, 9:38]
Production Line Diversions Could Only Cheapen The Price Of A 'naked Pc'
Talkback This article sites 'production line diversions' as being a main reason manufacturers wouldn't want to sell a 'naked pc'. This sounds like a fancy way of saying they are giving in to pressure from Microsoft.
[March 17, 2007, 3:50]
You Can Or Used To Able To Get A Naked Pc From Dell
Talkback In the past I have ordered pc's with no OS from Dell. The reason why I wanted they PC without Windows was the company I worked for had an enterprise agreement with Microsoft so we did not want Windows XP Pro OEM on there.
[March 16, 2007, 14:36]
You CAN By A Naked (OS-less) PC
Talkback You can also buy one with Linux pre-installed.http://lxer.com/module/forums/t/23168/ http://lxer.com/module/db/index.php? dbn=14
[March 16, 2007, 22:50]
Counting The Cost Of Counterfeiting
Talkback I agree with Chris, naked PC's are what I want, but I usually end up building my own if I have time, or buying something with a copy of XP (usually Home), which either gets replaced with XP Pro or more commonly Linux.
[May 23, 2006, 10:14]
Microsoft: Don't Sell PCs Without Operating Systems
Talkback If I were in charge, which I'm not, I would give the option to buy a "naked PC" along with Windows XP/Vista/etc, some of the more popular linux distros, Ubuntu and Xandros, and a "naked PC" bundled with whatever OS install disk they want, just...
[April 6, 2006, 18:44]
Microsoft: You Already Have Naked PCs!
Blog Comment If they force the naked PC will they apply the same to Macs? For those with a bit more know-how they should be smart enough to shop around and buy a naked PC or one with the OS they want already installed.
[September 28, 2007, 12:11]
Users Split Over Naked PCs
News By starting from a naked PC, businesses would at least save time (due to not having to delete the existing installation), if not cash too, they said. A European thinktank's recent recommendation that computers should be sold without an operating...
[October 1, 2007, 17:42]
Microsoft: Don't Sell PCs Without Operating Systems
Talkback The only difference between a naked PC and PC preinstalled with a zero-cost OS is a few seconds with root access and the fdisk command anyway! Personally, I will *always* prefer to buy a naked PC. Techy, you have it backwards.
[April 6, 2006, 14:00]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Talkback Aside from that, Microsoft must realise themselves that the main "Business Reason" customers request "naked" PC's is because they probably already have a volume license agreement which would allow them to deploy the PC in their enterprise with...
[April 14, 2006, 19:12]
Microsoft: Don't Sell PCs Without Operating Systems
News We want to urge all system builders — indeed, all Partners — not to supply naked PCs. Supplying base systems, or 'naked PCs', is a missed opportunity, according to Michala Alexander, Microsoft's head of anti-piracy.
[April 5, 2006, 11:45]
The Bare-faced Facts Behind Naked PCs
Leader Of the top five PC sellers we talked to, none could actually provide a naked PC. Let's make sure the PCs, not the emperors, are naked. That's how the top-tier PC companies choose to portray their game.
[March 19, 2007, 15:26]
Dell Soon To Launch Linux PCs
News Many users are calling on PC vendors to supply so-called naked PCs — systems without an operating system — so they can install the OS of their choice. But Claman made it clear to ZDNet UK that Dell has no intention of supporting naked PCs for...
[March 29, 2007, 14:09]
Acer Clarifies Position On Linux PCs
News The situation is further complicated by the claim, made by a salesperson at the Singaporean retailer which advertised the Linux-based laptop, that Acer had shipped the Aspire 5710Z with no installed operating system — thus making it a so-called...
[August 2, 2007, 17:25]
Businesses Back Call For Naked PCs
News UK businesses have backed calls for computers to be sold "naked" — without a bundled Microsoft Windows operating system. Three-quarters of the12-strong CIO Jury IT director panel formed by ZDNet.co.uk's sister site silicon.com have now backed that...
[September 28, 2007, 14:13]
Counting The Cost Of Counterfeiting
News ZDNet UK recently highlighted the issue of how difficult it is to buy a naked PC -- a machine without an OS installed -- and how Microsoft, and you in particular, were trying to persuade resellers that such machines encouraged piracy and should...
[May 22, 2006, 13:30]
Swiss User Wins Vista Refund From Dell
Blog After all our difficulties trying to purchase a naked PC from Dell, one user seems to have had rapid success, albeit in another country. Dell already sells naked PCs in the States. In case you missed it, when we posed as a user trying to buy a...
[March 26, 2007, 18:13]
I Guess You Didnt Look Hard Enough - Bad Report
Talkback Here is the link for a naked pc.http://www.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/nseries? c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&redirect=1
[March 16, 2007, 22:12]
Naked PCs From Fujitsu Siemens - Go To Emaack.com
Talkback Hi anyone interested in naked PC's or with Linux from Fujitsu Siemens can contact us @ emaack.com
[March 16, 2007, 23:06]
Microsoft: Don't Sell PCs Without Operating Systems
Talkback Sending people if you sell naked PC's.it sounds like the behaviour of the Mob. Seems like microsoft thinks that free of choice is equal to piracy. It's sad that they do things like that to keep their share of the market, Has anybody told them that...
[April 5, 2006, 19:21]
