[mythtv-users] New frontend possibility?
David Brodbeck
gull at gull.us
Tue Jul 29 20:34:21 UTC 2008
Brad DerManouelian wrote:
> Dell sells to consumers. It's probably cheaper to give away Windows
> with each computer than to handle all the "I turned on my machine and
> nothing happened" calls if they sold machines without Windows - or how
> about the cost of RMA's due to "I need to return this computer because
> I bought one without Windows."
I think this is probably their motivation. If you're ordering a
server-class machine (which indicates to them you're NOT a normal
consumer) you can order it without an OS. As shipped, it will boot to a
DR-DOS C: prompt on an otherwise empty partition.
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