[mythtv-users] First ION desktop officially announced - Acer AspireRevo

[Glen Sagers]

James Crow wrote:
> Brian Wood wrote:
>> On Wednesday 08 April 2009 13:41:11 Glen Sagers wrote:
>>  
>>> Bill Williamson wrote:
>>>    
>>>> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Simon Hobson <linux at thehobsons.co.uk
>>>> <mailto:linux at thehobsons.co.uk>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>     Travis Tabbal wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         Good specs. For $300, it's certainly a contender. Even better
>>>>         would be to sell it as bare hardware without the OS and
>>>>         perhaps the HDD
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     You can always take the OS back, tell them you don't accept the
>>>>     EULA, and demand your money back for the OS. The vendor is
>>>>     required to reimburse you for the price of the OS - that is the
>>>>     only way various legal systems have allowed the EULA to stand, by
>>>>     allowing the purchaser to reject it AFTER purchase when they are
>>>>     able to read the terms.
>>>>
>>>>     Expect "resistance" to the refund though.
>>>>
>>>>     I have to admit, I'm sort of itching to have a go at it !
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> How much do you bet they pay for it, though?  I'd guess under $15.
>>>>       
>>> I got $14 and some change from Dell for Vista home premium with very
>>> little resistance.  They asked if I'd used it, and when I said I 
>>> hadn't,
>>> and wouldn't, they took about 5 minutes to process the refund, and it
>>> was back on the card within a couple of days.  Was it worth it?  
>>> Only as
>>> a moral victory!
>>>     
>>
>> I wonder how much you might get (or have to pay them) to leave off 
>> the crapware. Of course you owyuld have to "use" Windows to even see 
>> that I guess.
>>
>>   
> If you want a Dell without all the crap look at their Small/Medium 
> Business website. I just checked and the option is there. Go to 
> Dell.com->For Office->Workstation->Small & Medium Business. From there 
> you can choose what OS. FreeDOS and Linux are both options as is 
> Windows XP. The systems may cost more, but I think the components that 
> go into the OptiPlex and Precision lines are better than those used in 
> the Dimension and whatever else they sell to home users.
That was the case when I bought this, too, but this deal on a dimension 
was truly to good to pass up!  Even with the "Windows Tax" it was much 
less than any other machine I could have bought or built with the same 
specs at the time.  It's great to see that they're finally offering 
FreeDos and Linux for most of their product lines, though.