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mixduptoday at 3:01 PM5 repliesview on HN

Which is why Dell doesn't have a process. You can just buy a Dell machine without Windows in the first place


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fwipsytoday at 3:46 PM

I applaud Dell for offering this as an option, and for getting Ubuntu certification even on many devices which don't offer it. However, in practice it's not worth much because the standard configurations are discounted, while custom configurations with Ubuntu are not. For example, in this configuration Ubuntu is listed as $140 more than Windows. If you click the info icon, it's because it's $60 cheaper but loses you a $200 discount: https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/new-xps-14-lapt...

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Retr0idtoday at 3:06 PM

I think they should note that on the page, because it makes it look like Dell is a bad vendor but in practice they're one of the better ones, in this aspect.

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hmokiguesstoday at 3:10 PM

That's not true for all of Dell, I just tried their online store in other countries and it is bundling Windows licenses there.

Here's a few examples:

- https://www.dell.com/pt-br/shop/notebooks-dell/notebook-dell...

- https://www.dell.com/it-it/shop/notebook-dell/nuovo-notebook...

giancarlostorotoday at 3:11 PM

Especially if you buy a Ubuntu laptop ;)

loloquwowndueotoday at 3:20 PM

You can but the price is the same.

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