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Does this mean you can buy a dell without paying for the Windows license?

Yes, and you've actually been able to for quite a few years - these are just the newest models continuing that tradition.

Yes.

When you select to configure your Dell, you can see how much you save when choosing Ubuntu.

Is this a special section of the site or something? I’ve heard this for years but when I’ve looked around in the past I never did seem to find it. Especially configurations that show you how much you saved!!

Huge thing keeping me from buying a PC is paying for Windows. I’d prefer no part of my purchase go to the Windows license. Hard for me to stomach paying for Windows just to buy a computer.

It used to be marketed as "Project Sputnik" and was harder to find (I sort of remember you had to start the configuration from a specific page and what a pain it was to hunt around to find it).

I just bought another Precision 5xxx in September and the option was right where you'd expect it to be in their configurator though.

In Germany you actually pay extra for the XPS 13 models with Ubuntu.

http://www.dell.com/de-de/shop/notebooks-und-ultrabooks/xps-...

Windows 10 Home, 1 298.99 €

Ubuntu, 1 329.00 €

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