IBM supports Linux 100%

So you support Windows removing x86 support in Windows 8?

To be honest, I still have a laptop that is x86 only.

Its time to move past the VLSI urban sprawl x86 architecture for starters.

Then you have to move past an inferior operating system like Windows.

If you had a car that crashed once every 2 weeks, the CEO's of that company would be torn to pieces ... why not Gates and Ballmer?

The best operating system is Solaris 10 ... most stable ... most scalable ... highest performing ... yes more than Linux or anything else!

My computer, when I wrote that comment, was a rapidly aging Macintosh. The network board finally went south on it, and now I own a PC (1 week old) with Windoze7, soon to be running Ubuntu Linux.

Or possibly pass the savings on to their customers (gasp), and gain reputation points.

Are you kidding?They have them crap computers made in communist china,not the unionized united states.Yes you buy commie you support commie.The difference goes in the ceos pocket.

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I love sarcasm ^^

You didnt deny my statement.

I'm pretty sure you can get a refund for the cost of a Microsoft OS if you buy a computer with it preinstalled and elect to load something like Linux as a replacement. That makes hardware support, rather than pre-loaded OS, the key factor in whether a computer locks you into a proprietary OS.

Not if the Windows distro is OEM, which is what's almost invariably shipped with new computers.

@coldReactive

Whats this system 76?