When I bought my first laptop you couldn’t buy one with Linux preinstalled but I did decline the windows license and apply for and get a refund from Dell
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hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 hours ago
Basically every device sold with windows is licensed, and the cost of the license is baked in
FishFace@piefed.social 11 hours ago
Brkdncr@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Sadly every nearly every windows-capable device sold without windows also has the cost of a windows license baked in too.
axh@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
I recently wanted to buy one, and the option without windows was actually more expensive…
Brkdncr@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
MS had agreements with the big names where they got their license cut for every device sold. It didn’t matter if it had windows or not. Someone had to pay for that.