Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 5th Apr 2006 19:00 UTC
Microsoft has urged UK PC vendors not to give customers the opportunity to buy a PC without a pre-installed operating system. Supplying base systems, or 'naked PCs', is a missed opportunity, according to Michala Alexander, Microsoft's head of anti-piracy. Writing in Microsoft's Partner Update magazine, which is distributed to computer dealers, Alexander estimated that 5 percent of computers sold in the UK in 2006 would not include an operating system.
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2006-04-05
Perhaps Bill recognizes that the user would have toinstall Windows himself....in less than 16 minutes average time...loading windows from CD and then upgrading to latest SP opens the system to all viruses, spyware, trojans and worms before any protection is possible in that 16 minutes (average time for infection). This means that the OS has to be protected by OEM installs with all the SP's installed before purchase.
That seems to be the idea in calling for OS install to all computers sold.
Better use Linux.
Apple is exposing itself to windows now!!!!!!!!!!????