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sukuriant
on May 8, 2012
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Ubuntu To Soon Ship On 5% Of PCs
Could you give me some stats? I wouldn't expect a population to go and spend a lot of money on a CD to install Windows onto a marginally cheaper machine
jrockway
on May 8, 2012
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My guess is that people will get their Windows install media from the same place they get their Blu-Ray rips.
pjmlp
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But at least the sale counts as a Linux sale, which is positive.
I've also seen people that replace Mac OS X with Windows or Linux on their Apple laptops.
sukuriant
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I completely forgot about people installing Windows on their Macs, even though anecdotally this is very common.
pjmlp
on May 9, 2012
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This can be easily observed in any Games Development Conference (GDC).
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