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1. You cannot order a desktop, laptop etc PC from any MFG and have a choice in OS
2. Even if you do not want Win what ever you still pay them no discount for a system with no OS.
3. Mfg have no choice to offer any other OS because they deal with M$

Tell this to Dell, they sell equpiment with Redhat as an option over windows. I am by no means a big fan of Dell (actually I think those dude commercials are annoying), but it is a big mfg and they do give the option...Just a thought.