Who offers laptops/desktops w/o Windows preinstalled?

[stillblue]

I am in the market for a new laptop and it seems everyone wants you to have Windows 8 or you can pay extra for Windows 7 and no system is not even an option. I have zero desire to own Windows 8 but 7 would be OK as a dual boot option but I certainly don't want to pay extra for it nor pay microsoft for something that I'll be overwriting the day I get it. So, is there a secret site that Dell, ASUS, Lenovo or the others use for people like me? I just read here that sales of PCs are down 21% since the inception of Windows 8, maybe they could get them back up with a little Linux magic.

 

[amdfangirl]

This is driving me insane. I wish I knew how to close this thread xD.

/lazy

 

[sam_p_lay]

This is driving me insane. I wish I knew how to close this thread xD.

/lazy

Too late for that now. This thread has become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.

 

[The Stealthinator]

Your post doesn't make any sense... the link contains a virus!

 

[WyomingKnott]

Stealthy one

Is spammer. Gone.

 

[The Stealthinator]

Thanks 😉

 

[amdfangirl]

He copied my sig :O

How dare he...

 

[stillblue]

He copied my sig :O

How dare he...

Oh merde, does this mean I have to go back and delete every post I've made quoting your sig? I wound't want to offend you know. Especially someone from down under that probably carries a knife bigger than...

 

[WyomingKnott]

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Just bask in the glory of it.

EDIT: The quote reminds me of a very smart man that I worked for once who had a heavy Russian accent. Apparently he heard with the same accent, because when 90 MHz processors came out he insisted on replacing our machines with ones that had "19 megagertz."

He was not ignorant at all.