Simply call Dell and give them the details of what you want and then say you don't want an OS - they then just drop a copy of Freedos in the box and leave the harddrive blank.
I bought my last laptop (Latitude D620) this way. It's difficult to say how much I saved as the sales rep discounted the whole system from the web price anyway! Incidentally there tends to be more room for discount on the business machines.
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You CAN buy a machine with NO OS from Dell
Simply call Dell and give them the details of what you want and then say you don't want an OS - they then just drop a copy of Freedos in the box and leave the harddrive blank.
I bought my last laptop (Latitude D620) this way. It's difficult to say how much I saved as the sales rep discounted the whole system from the web price anyway! Incidentally there tends to be more room for discount on the business machines.