Compaq CQ5210F Black Desktop PC (Windows 7 Home Premium)
Microsoft OS Tax And HP Crapware Ruin This! The Cheapest To Buy HP Pavilion A6700F Desktop PC (1.8 GHz.
HP Pavilion A6700F Desktop PC (1.8 GHz AMD Phenom X4 9150e Quad-Core Processor, 4 GB RAM, 500 GB Hard Drive, DVD Drive, Vista Premium) Reviewed by Zaine Ridling (Missouri, US)
Satisfied Rating (2/10)
As others have noted, with modern hardware, it's all a matter of drivers. Microsoft pays companies to restrict their development of proprietary drivers for OEMs, as they have volume licensing agreements for the sale of Windows. Without such dirty tricks, Microsoft can no longer compete against Linux and OSX. The problem is that Windows scales terribly and can not benefit from the new quad-core and 8-like Linux can. This means that the hardware does not matter how you move one Microsoft operating system, Microsoft erode its potential as acid thrown on a new car.
This is not a rant Linux, but it is a real pain to buy a car and being forced to pay for an operating system that does not use. I reformatted with Fedora Linux and runs every part of it. SUSE Linux also recognized hardware. With his speed again, the car seems a good trade, with the exception of the case chinchy incredible computer. Well, you can not have it all. I knew there was a reason why I always built my own, was not only to save money.
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