Non OS laptops?

[Guest]

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I've been googling around for some good no OS laptops. I've heard that
most laptops sold by HP, Compaq, Dell, etc actually come from a few
sources that handle all laptop production. Has anyone gotten a laptop
directly from one of those manufacturers? Has anyone gotten a laptop
for a good price with no operating system preinstalled? Can anyone
confirm that most laptops that the big companies like Dell, HP, etc are
all actually made by a couple of companies elsewhere? (I'm going to be
putting some linux distro on it later)

Thanks

 

[Dan]

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Yup, that's exactly true. One of the larger manufacturers is Compal (can't
think of the others right now) I don't believe you would be able to get a
notebook directly from them without an os. Your best bet would be to get a
whitebox notebook (chassis, screen, keyboard, mobo) and you add the parts
you want (cpu, memory, network card, HD, optical drive, etc) A few
manufacturers of whitebox notebooks are Asus and ECS. You therefore would
not have an OS installed.

"lampshade" <orwell1984usa2004@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1106025038.631141.229700@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> I've been googling around for some good no OS laptops. I've heard that
> most laptops sold by HP, Compaq, Dell, etc actually come from a few
> sources that handle all laptop production. Has anyone gotten a laptop
> directly from one of those manufacturers? Has anyone gotten a laptop
> for a good price with no operating system preinstalled? Can anyone
> confirm that most laptops that the big companies like Dell, HP, etc are
> all actually made by a couple of companies elsewhere? (I'm going to be
> putting some linux distro on it later)
>
> Thanks
>

 

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lampshade wrote:

> I've been googling around for some good no OS laptops. I've heard that
> most laptops sold by HP, Compaq, Dell, etc actually come from a few
> sources that handle all laptop production. Has anyone gotten a laptop
> directly from one of those manufacturers? Has anyone gotten a laptop
> for a good price with no operating system preinstalled? Can anyone
> confirm that most laptops that the big companies like Dell, HP, etc are
> all actually made by a couple of companies elsewhere? (I'm going to be
> putting some linux distro on it later)

I think you are going to find that any given laptop, with OS, is going to
cost you less than the same laptop from a higher-volume reseller with OS.
In large volume the Windows license just doesn't add that much to the cost.

>
> Thanks

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"J. Clarke" <jclarke@nospam.invalid> writes:
> I think you are going to find that any given laptop, with OS, is going to
> cost you less than the same laptop from a higher-volume reseller with OS.
> In large volume the Windows license just doesn't add that much to the cost.

It adds about $100 based on figures from Windows Refund Day. What's
true is that the high-volume resellers get bigger discounts on the
hardware that make up for the $100. You're still sending $100 to
Uncle Bill for nothing.

 

[Guest]

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J. Clarke wrote:

> lampshade wrote:
>
>> I've been googling around for some good no OS laptops. I've heard that
>> most laptops sold by HP, Compaq, Dell, etc actually come from a few
>> sources that handle all laptop production. Has anyone gotten a laptop
>> directly from one of those manufacturers? Has anyone gotten a laptop
>> for a good price with no operating system preinstalled? Can anyone
>> confirm that most laptops that the big companies like Dell, HP, etc are
>> all actually made by a couple of companies elsewhere? (I'm going to be
>> putting some linux distro on it later)
>
> I think you are going to find that any given laptop, with OS,

That should have been "without OS"

> is going to
> cost you less than the same laptop from a higher-volume reseller with OS.
> In large volume the Windows license just doesn't add that much to the
> cost.
>
>>
>> Thanks
>

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Paul Rubin wrote:

> "J. Clarke" <jclarke@nospam.invalid> writes:
>> I think you are going to find that any given laptop, with OS, is going to
>> cost you less than the same laptop from a higher-volume reseller with OS.
>> In large volume the Windows license just doesn't add that much to the
>> cost.
>
> It adds about $100 based on figures from Windows Refund Day. What's
> true is that the high-volume resellers get bigger discounts on the
> hardware that make up for the $100. You're still sending $100 to
> Uncle Bill for nothing.

So let's see, there are two machines sitting here. They are identical
except that one has a little Windows sticker on it and costs ten bucks less
than the other one. By your reasoning if I buy the one with Windows I'm
spending 100 bucks for nothing. By my reasoning if I buy the one without
Windows I'm spending 10 bucks for nothing. I'm sorry, but how do I benefit
from this?

The details are irrelevant, the bottom line is what comes out of my pocket,
not what happens to it after it leaves that pocket.



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