wanted: performance laptop, no windoze tax

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Thu Jul 17 22:22:16 UTC 2014


On 07/16/2014 05:02 PM, Pete Travis wrote:
> >> My advice is to pick a machine based on your needs and budget and 
> don't worry too much about keeping your cash out of Microsoft's 
> pocket.  With Fedora you won't be getting MS news or bing results in 
> the shell or using their app store; that pretty much does the job 
> these days.

I buy laptop with Windows, then buy a second SSD for Linux. When I want 
to play a game or take advantage of support, I use the Windows drive. 
When I want to get work done, I swap and use the Linux HDD. Just make 
sure the laptop has an externally accessible drive bay.




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