Franklin Audio Intro Pricing Ends Soon; New Testable Too!

[Richard Gaskin]

Ben Rubinstein wrote:
> I did a project deployed on about 75 custom-made solid-state computers,
> and the only reason we had to use Windows (which added about $120 to
> the price for each unit)...

I used to wonder where I can get a machine without an OS preinstalled, 
and here's a shopping tip which apparently you know but I just learned a 
few days ago at my local Linux user group:

With Dell and HP (and maybe a few others), if you buy through the 
business section you can specify that the computer come with no OS 
installed, and this usually knocks off about $100 or so from the 
purchase price.

This option isn't advertised in the normal consumer section, where to 
get their "good" pricing with Microsoft they're required to put up a 
silly banner that says "We recommend Windows 7" or some such.

My last purchase was a Dell laptop, and I've been impressed with the 
good performance and solid construction of the machine.  I got that one 
second-hand, but now that I know how to get OS-less computers from Dell 
my next one will probably be from them.

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