[ToddBonzalez]

Buying a ThinkPad with an Ubuntu preload will probably save you 100 bucks (or whatever a Windows license costs these days)?

That's how it works with Dell anyway.

[bitlax]

I thought Windows was generally free for OEM buys, but I haven't looked in a while.

[ToddBonzalez]

I haven't looked into OEM pricing myself lately, but as an example:

Dell Inspiron 17 3000 1Tb w/Ubuntu: £419+tax Dell Inspiron 17 3000 1Tb+128SSD w/Windows 10 Pro: £619+tax

[bitlax]

Isn't the SSD making up the bulk of the difference here?

[Nullabillity]

Those ~£200 could get you a 1TB M.2 Samsung 970 Evo[0].

[0]: https://pricespy.co.uk/computers-accessories/computer-compon...

[ToddBonzalez]

A 128Gb M.2 SSD is maybe £30?

[a-afterglow]

Yeah, but PC manufacturers still charge like 3x the price at least for SSDs (or any component actually) when choosing/making your builds at their websites.

[ddalex]

Windows Home, but not Pro. You get a bare-minimum media consumption platform with Win Home, no dev.

[Kwpolska]

Windows 10 Home is fairly usable for many development workflows.

[bitlax]

Ok, that makes sense.