Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 12th Jul 2006 16:18 UTC, submitted by wakeupneo
The European Commission fined Microsoft 280.5 million euros ($357.3 million) on Wednesday to punish its failure to comply with a landmark 2004 antitrust ruling.
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RE[6]: Goes with gusto. . .
by DrillSgt on Thu 13th Jul 2006 05:47
in reply to "RE[5]: Goes with gusto. . ."
Member since:2005-12-02
"Since when can you not sell a PC without an OS?"
I really have no idea. All I know is that you can not buy a PC without an OS in the US from HP, Dell, Toshiba, etc. If you find a place by all means let me know. I honestly don't know why it is like that, but I do know that I can't unless I build it myself. It is not just Dell. The others I mentioned don't even have an option to buy without windows in the US, and when called to order they will tell you they can't sell it without an OS.
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2006-01-10
Since when can you not sell a PC without an OS? That's just Dell's Policy and pure stupidity. I bought my Laptop with no OS. I agree with the other reply, it's probably so that the Dell PCs without Windows doesn't look like a good deal, and it makes it look like Windows doesn't cost anything, that it's simply "Part of the Dell computer."