On Mon, 30 Jan 2017 00:55:59 -0000, Ann Dunham wrote:

Someone mentioned on the XP ng that all new non-Apple decently-powered
computers come with Windows 10 in the USA, which I concur.

Sure, tablets exist, chromebooks exist, Linux and Macs exist, but that's
not the question.

The question is related to the fact that if you go to any "computer" store
in the USA (Costco, Best Buy, Frys, whatever), and you buy a computer (not
a tablet or chromebook), you're not going to get Windows-anything-but-10 on
it by default.

I'm just asking whether that's the same situation in the rest of the world.

In the UK, I wouldn't go to a "store", I'd buy online, it's cheaper. And AFAIK most online retailers will install anything you like, or nothing at all.

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One frigid morning in North Dakota a man turned up at work much the worse for wear.
"I didn't sleep a wink," he told a coworker. "I was up all night trying to keep my wife's begonia covered against the freezing cold."
"I should be so lucky," his coworker replied. "When it's this cold my wife wears so damn many clothes to bed, I can never get anywhere near her begonia."