Comment 1623 for bug 1

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> Sometimes I had to insist a little to get to the right persons but
> in general I have no problems with Dell getting a clean machine or one with
> Ubuntu on it.
>
That's what I'm talking about - you always have to insist and jump through
hoops, so *there's obviously interest that people don't have a free choice
or at least nobody knows that they do*.

Just to remember that there are vendors who sell computers without Windows
>
The problem is not finding a vendor who sells computers without mandatory
M$ crap, but *the vast majority of vendors having a policy of giving you as
much trouble getting the machine you want from them as they possibly can*.

not to mention that on the first page the write that they recommend Windows
> 7…

This is both *absolutely disgusting* and *absolutely unacceptable* as
it *proves
that OEMs can be bought*. *They should be there to sell hardware, not to
foist people some third party's software including free advertisement on
their web sites*. No wonder you can't get any machine you want free of
their crap as they're all in Steve's pocket. If this is not a proof of the
M$ monopoly, I don't what is. And that's just a start, because ARM systems
with UEFI secure boot are gonna make things a whole lot of easier…