Wow. $211 is a steep discount. People are going to buy with Linux just to save money, some will try it (because it is there), and some may like it and stay.
At the very least, people may learn that Windows is no easier to install (or even harder).
Windows is no easier to install (or even harder).
I’ve installed both recent windows and common distros many times by hand (where unattended wasn’t trivial) and found everything except latest windows 11 quite similar (including arch) and very easy. Current windows 11 afaik needs registry hacks but I’ve not installed one yet.
And you save money? Oh man, the path of least resistance just changed.
I don’t know if it’s not scrolled enough but here we have another option which is “no os at all” and you save another 30€
Shit like this gives me hope for the future
It looks like (at least here in the U.S.) that this is the only model that allows selection of the OS. I looked at cheaper models of different product lines by them and they all include Windows 11.
I don’t understand why companies don’t offer more Linux options these days, there’s zero excuse
Partnership and contracts not to be confused with lack of excuse.
Instal Windows everywhere and get cheaper Windows.
Offer Linux and lose the offer from MS.
So, offering linux was bad for business. Was. Bevause thanks to work communities did in Linux and marketing from Steam…and Proton, Linux stopped beimg a thing you’ll easily lose clients over.
Because no one buys Linux PCs. Dell used to sell multiple lines of laptops with Linux, but pretty much no one was buying apart from a few freaks.
Awesome, I wish more computer manufacturers did this and actually gave you the ability to choose the OS to ship your PC with, especially with how much cheaper it is to not include Windows with activation. Wow.
Exactly. I currently have a notebook which is very well made. But it still sucks that I had to pay the windows license which is of no use : (
Would be nice if started with Linux as “included” and then added the 211 for windows.
Marketing. Theyd never do that.
Could also be a bulk licensing requirement. Ms pulled that shit with DOS.
It’s weird how the price drops when something "included’ gets removed. Am I misunderstanding that word?
They said it was included, not that it was free. I imagine removing the “included” screen would drop the price too.
Thought DOS was free
For sure not. It built Microsoft.
honestly I prefer being able to subtract from the base price and have it actually be an improvement too
If they did that sales would drop because people would switch to another manufacturer that gave them Windows for “Free”.
Shipping it with Linux is the easiest way to convince a consumer that it does run Linux. :)
That’s a funny way of sayin’ that a Windows Home license costs $211.00.
$200???
$200 less (you save money not buying windows)
Which makes the win11 pro license $297? That’s obscene.
Windows licenses ain’t cheap. Never have been.
I see 11 Pro straight from MS for $200, why the fuck are they charging almost $300 for it? lmao
edit- someone pointed out it’s CAD
the same reason they charge 30 for Linux
you can get them for like 20$, probably even cheaper but i paid about 20 not 6 months ago for w11
I like this picture.
It’s the usual upscaling method, but in this case, there is a way to get the price down from the default…
*$211 CAD
I wish other choices in life were this easy.
Interesting. Only Fedora seems to be available in Norway.
I’m still 2 years away from a new work laptop (my current one is doing just fine anyway), but when the time comes, I might go for this. Was thinking about going ThinkPad+Linux anyway.
Wtf I dont have that option when I look at the same laptop on the nz version of the website.
Yeah looks like the AU/NZ version of their site does not have those options. Not that I’d be out buying a new laptop anytime soon, but a used laptop 😎
They will pay you to take it!
Now if only Asus did that as wel, then we’d be balling
