[COMP] Re: a show of hands...

Nils Vogels wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Aug 13, 2000 at 01:12:47PM -0500, John Madden wrote:
> 
> -8<-
> 
> > So, out of curiousity, how many people out there would buy a
> > pre-installed, pre-configured, ready-to-go machine that had Linux on it?
> > Let's say the Linux machine costs $100 less than the same machine with
> > Windows.
> >
> Hell yeah!
> 
> It would mean I wouldn't have to reinstall the machine right after I buy it
> and it's cheaper .. =)
> 

Once Linux is installed, my grandma wouldn't know how to put Windows 98
on. I'm not there to help her re-partition her hard drive. Yes she COULD
read the instructions, but she doesn't even read the instructions for
Windows.   
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