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Re:After protest, Lenovo adds Linux compatibility to Yoga 90... by m45t3r on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @02:28PM (#12913723)
The problem is, generally the only thing that "Powered by Linux" laptops offers (I am talking about big manufacturers like Dell here, not System76 or others) is Linux pre-installed.

Those notebooks are generally more expensive than their Windows counter parts (because Microsoft subsides then) and does not offer any customization (Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition still comes with a "Windows" key, wtf?!), so why bother?

In my case, coming with either Windows or Ubuntu is exactly the same, since I use Arch Linux and will have to reinstall anyway.

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Re:After protest, Lenovo adds Linux compatibility to Yoga 90... by dogma1138 on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @05:25PM (#12915353)
Dell XPS Linux doesn't comes with Windows and it is or was cheaper by like 200$ than the normal XPS.
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Re:After protest, Lenovo adds Linux compatibility to Yoga 90... by brudgers on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @08:35PM (#12916892)
Dell Precisions can be ordered with Linux in the US. The price is about $95 less, with Ubunutu. It's higher than Windows for RHEL.
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