[brudgers]

Linux/Android/Chromium are not economically viable alternatives to Windows for hardware manufacturers on a large enough scale.

On the consumer side it's "Not only is it not a Mac, it doesn't even come with Windows."

On the commercial side it's, "Can it run Excel" - some things never change and Visicalc is still the killer application, so to speak.

It is, in my opinion, a mistake to expect corporations to operate on the principles which drive persons. So long as Windows remains a profitable operating system for Acer, Acer will continue to install it. And that will continue to be the case unless Best Buy starts hiring Linux gurus for its sales floor.