[arch-general] Microsoft Signature PC Requirements Now Blocks Linux Installation

[Dragon ryu]

2016/09/29 17:44 "Christian Kruse" <cjk at defunct.ch>:
>
> Hi,
>
> Ralf Mardorf <silver.bullet at zoho.com> writes:
>
> > You are right, but you also missed something. I've taken a look at an
> > averaged tower PC. At first appearance the price seems to be ok, but
> > after a further look I noticed that it's just the basic price, if you
> > want at least one hard disk drive, you already need to pay more. How do
> > they install an Ubuntu flavor, if you buy a computer without hard disk
> > drive? In the end it's plain daylight robbery.
>
> I don't think that this is true; generally their desktop systems come
> with a 500GB Segate HDD. And as I just checked I couldn't find a system
> without a disk; could you provide a link?
>
> > DIY is significant less expensive, even if you should buy some
> > hardware that shouldn't work with Linux, even if you then wouldn't get
> > your money back and need to buy some hardware twice.
>
> DIY was always less expensive and will always be. But it will cost you
> your time. I'm not willing to pay that price.
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Christian Kruse
> https://wwwtech.de/about

I generality don't hate DIY PC. I think it worth pay your time to do so.