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by breakingcups 2673 days ago
What? When I'm purchasing a computer, any computer, I know with (near) 100% certainty it will run Windows flawlessly. I definitely expect Windows to run on any random junk.
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> What? When I'm purchasing a computer, any computer, I know with (near) 100% certainty it will run Windows flawlessly. I definitely expect Windows to run on any random junk.

So do you expect Windows to run flawlessly on a Chromebook? I'd guess not. When you're purchasing random hardware in a store it most likely comes per-installed with Windows and has been made for and tuned for Windows.

It's just that Windows has such marketshare that the vast majority of computers are per-installed with Windows and have drivers primarily for Windows.

same difference, if chromebooks weren't actively hostile to windows they'd be running windows too.it's easier
If certain Windows laptops weren't actively hostile to Linux, they'd be running it smoothly out of the box too, what's your point?