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Businesses back call for naked PCs
News Three-quarters of the12-strong CIO Jury IT director panel formed by ZDNet.co.uk's sister site silicon.com have now backed that call for naked PCs, although the argument is far from straightforward. Carl Whitehead, IT director at Betbrokers, said...
[September 28, 2007, 14:13]
Users split over naked PCs
News A European thinktank's recent recommendation that computers should be sold without an operating system — so-called "naked PCs" — in order to tackle Microsoft's dominant position and foster competition in the operating-system marketplace has got...
[October 1, 2007, 17:42]
Microsoft: You already have naked PCs!
Blog Comment Having worked in tech support in the past I'd hate to be supporting a company that sold naked PCs to the average consumer - the amount of hassle from customers not able to or botching an OS install would be a nightmare.
[September 28, 2007, 10:21]
The bare-faced facts behind naked PCs
Leader Let's make sure the PCs, not the emperors, are naked. Of the top five PC sellers we talked to, none could actually provide a naked PC. You may have thought that these companies existed to sell PCs for a fair price configured to the customers...
[March 19, 2007, 15:26]
Naked PCs
Talkback I see the problem, but it comes down to the detailed wording. If a vendor sells a PC and offers the consumer a choice of OSs the consumer gets the choice the EU is after and the vendor would still pre-install the OS before taking the machine home...
[October 2, 2007, 12:32]
Microsoft: You already have naked PCs!
Blog Comment Bundling is OK. What needs to be declated illegal is Windows being sold tied to a particular computer. Every computer with Windows preinstalled should come with install disks. If you have bought Windows OEM or otherwise, you should be able to re...
[September 25, 2007, 15:42]
Microsoft: You already have naked PCs!
Blog Comment I see the problem is that most consumers, especially in the home market, do not realize they have other options. To complicate that, they have probably never used anything besides Microsoft OS going back to DOS 1.25.
[September 28, 2007, 22:46]
Microsoft: You already have naked PCs!
Blog Comment All retail stores always get bare PCs and can install and configure the MS OS in-house for the customer for a nominal fee. Apples and Gourds. Apple builds (and has designed all along) BOTH the hardware and the software, so there is no conflict of...
[September 28, 2007, 23:13]
Microsoft: You already have naked PCs!
Blog Comment For anyone smart enough to be able to build their own PCs then, yes, there is a choice. However try buying a brand name notebook without Windows - nigh on impossible. The argument is that most customers want Windows anyway so it's cheaper to just...
[September 29, 2007, 3:28]
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: You already have naked PCs!
Blog Microsoft has responded to our request for comment after a "free-market" EU thinktank, the Globalisation Institute, recommended that all PCs in Europe should be sold without a preinstalled operating system (see the story here and our leader...
[September 25, 2007, 10:54]
EU thinktank calls for naked PCs
News The institute examined several 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 be logistically impossible on the high street, and...
[September 24, 2007, 13:27]
Lenovo signs $1.2bn Windows deal
News Many have also pointed out that by curbing the sale of naked PCs Microsoft is also damaging the potential market for open source operating systems such as Linux. Earlier this month, ZDNet UK reported that Microsoft was putting pressure on UK...
[April 18, 2006, 15:25]
Microsoft: Don't sell PCs without operating systems
News Supplying base systems, or 'naked PCs', is a missed opportunity, according to Michala Alexander, Microsoft's head of anti-piracy. We want to urge all system builders — indeed, all Partners — not to supply naked PCs.
[April 5, 2006, 11:45]
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]
Top five PC manufacturers fail naked PC test
News Acer did not return our call seeking to clarify its policy on naked PCs and whether it would offer a refund on Windows software. ZDNet's reporters posed as undercover buyers to identify the policy of the top-five PC vendors in terms of supplying...
[March 16, 2007, 9:38]
Microsoft: Don't sell PCs without operating systems
Talkback Never mind that people come to these vendors because they offer naked PCs, and so would be driven away, therefore reducing the business the vendors receive, if they were to stop offering naked PCs. "Alexander estimated that 5 percent of computers...
[April 10, 2006, 17:50]
Acer clarifies position on Linux PCs
News There have been many calls recently for so-called "naked PCs" to be made available to buyers, as Linux users often resent having to pay for a copy of Windows which they will not use. The situation is further complicated by the claim, made by a...
[August 2, 2007, 17:25]
FreeDOS finally hits 1.0 milestone
News Earlier versions of FreeDOS have been available for some time, and are sometimes shipped on naked PCs, which don't come with a commercial operating system. Microsoft recently urged systems vendors not to sell naked PCs, though such PCs can appeal...
[September 6, 2006, 14:00]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Naked PCs are exercising Microsoft - no, not the strippogram variety, but computers with no operating system. This had the curious statement from Michala Alexander, head of anti-piracy, that the company had recruited two 'Feet on the Street' bodies...
[April 10, 2006, 11:35]
