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(Unverified)Jul 25th 2009 7:11PM
This doesn't change much. The real problem is not which browser we get in the OS or that Microsoft unfairly showels IE onto the users, but which OS we get --try buying a new computer without a Windows OS and you'll see what I mean.....if we got the OS choice when turning on a new notebook then I suspect the monopoly would falter a lot quicker....
(Unverified)Jul 25th 2009 7:51PM
Some models of certain OEM's already allow that. The problem with the OS choice is that an OS is a whole lot more complicated than a browser, and most OEM's don't really want to support the complexity that can be Linux.
(Unverified)Jul 26th 2009 12:33PM
Um, that's the whole reason this is happening. If more computers came with Linux then Microsoft wouldn't have a monopoly and the EU wouldn't be telling them to make a ballot screen. The ballot screen is, indeed, a symptom of the real problem.
But some new notebooks are using a Linux OS with a 2-second startup time as a quick fix while you wait for Windows to load. I'm sure a number of people are going to like the fix more than the OS they're waiting to load...
FyrewerxJul 26th 2009 12:50PM
I agree ... I DEMAND that I be able to get "any" laptop I buy loaded with Apple's OS X from the factory. Come on EU, get on Apple's case immediately. End their monopoly.
/sarcasm
(Unverified)Jul 26th 2009 8:59PM
Is there a provision for installing more than one browser eg IE & FF & Chrome.
Forget the logo's, forget horizontal scrolling, a list of check boxes is what's needed that allows multi-select; plus a Make Selected Default button