[sukuriant]

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]

My guess is that people will get their Windows install media from the same place they get their Blu-Ray rips.

[pjmlp]

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]

I completely forgot about people installing Windows on their Macs, even though anecdotally this is very common.

[pjmlp]

This can be easily observed in any Games Development Conference (GDC).