How about the market of people who want a PC from dell, but don't want to pay for a copy of windows they're never going to use? This is definitely a step in the right direction for cheaper, more stable PCs.
> Linux is too much of an unknown quantity for Harry Homeowner...
Aside from the fact that Harry Homeowner could be a good name for the next but one version of Ubuntu, have you ever met the average home PC user?
Harry as you've dubbed him doesn't care, and in fact doesn't even know what an operating system is, nor which one is on his PC. If pressed he would say that 'windows' or 'microsoft' ring a bell, but so long as his PC works, and allows him to do what he wants easily and reliably, he doesn't care.
People don't "need windows installing", they need an operating system installing. If Harry has a major problem, he'll ring Dell anyway - so long as they can support it, it doesn't make any difference whether the problem is in windows or linux.
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How about the market of people who want a PC from dell, but don't want to pay for a copy of windows they're never going to use? This is definitely a step in the right direction for cheaper, more stable PCs.
> Linux is too much of an unknown quantity for Harry Homeowner...
Aside from the fact that Harry Homeowner could be a good name for the next but one version of Ubuntu, have you ever met the average home PC user?
Harry as you've dubbed him doesn't care, and in fact doesn't even know what an operating system is, nor which one is on his PC. If pressed he would say that 'windows' or 'microsoft' ring a bell, but so long as his PC works, and allows him to do what he wants easily and reliably, he doesn't care.
People don't "need windows installing", they need an operating system installing. If Harry has a major problem, he'll ring Dell anyway - so long as they can support it, it doesn't make any difference whether the problem is in windows or linux.