[richardwhiuk]

None of those companies have a logistics chain which would at all be suitable for the US federal government.

Even in corporate, there's basically two vendors - Dell, and a distant second Lenovo, with Apple having a foothold in niche usecases.

[bee_rider]

You used to be able to buy Dells with Linux pre-installed, quite a while ago. Did they stop?

[cguess]

Any corporation won't care if it comes with Linux pre-installed, as they'll want to image the machines themselves (CrowdStrike for instance).

[richardwhiuk]

No, but it's not universal across their range.