New notebook Win7 fun

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| From: Ori Idan <ori-RdxWQVHs3mjDN57Tih+YPw at public.gmane.org>

| Well, on this I can only say: "Why bother with Windows in the first place?"
| Also, why write it in a Linux mailing list?
| Should we open a Microsoft rant mailing list :-)

Escellent point.  Since I started this thread, I will offer an
apologia:

This is a Linux users' list, not a Linux list.  I'm certainly a Linux
user.  When I buy a computer (to run Linux!), very often it comes with
Windows.  My message even covered trying to return the Win7 portion.

There are reasons to live with MS Windows on our computers.  For
example, manufacturers require MS Windows to provide warranty service,
even hardware warranty service.  BIOS updates often requre MS Windows.

Of course "good vendors" may be different.  But the price premium and
lack of choice always seemed to me to be too much.  I bought a new
Asus x53e notebook with an i3 CPU for $300 + tax.  Try to match that
with a Linux-based offering.

PS: although the software to create Win7 restore disks asked me to
prepare (prepare??) 6 blank DVDs, it only used 4 (and took 65
minutes).

PPS: before creating these disks, it asked me to irrevocably commit to
a language.  This speaks to Slackrat's experience with a Portugese
notebook.

Philosophical point: Microsoft's anti-piracy efforts really hurt their
paying users.  Ought to be a bigger advantage for FOSS.
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