[Nottingham] Share your operating system bundling tales with the EU

Richard Hodgson rich at dearinternet.com
Wed Apr 20 23:42:09 UTC 2011


Dell did a few years ago, but I think the option was dropped due to a lack
of sales.

On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 14:26, Martin <martin at ml1.co.uk> wrote:

> On 14 April 2011 13:42, Christopher Joice <christopher at c25.eu> wrote:
> > Just passing this on from the FFII as I think people will be interested!
> >
> > The EU want to know what issues people have when buying computers without
> > Windows...
> >
> https://press.ffii.org/Press%20releases/Share%20your%20operating%20system%20bundling%20tales%20with%20the%20EU
>
> Well, I've got one example with trying to buy a second Acer
> AspireOne... Only Windows versions available now and at +£100 or so
> over the £140 for the original Linpus Linux version...
>
> Supposedly, DELL and HP are, or are to, offer Linux pre-installed on a
> limited range of PCs...
>
> Cheers,
> Martin
>
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