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Comment on Ask HN: Where is the WORST place to get a PC?

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Most non-specialist stores, including office supplies chains.

Some of the discounted PCs, typically configured with Windows Home Edition, won't even work properly with Linux. I destroyed an Asus notebook's motherboard by reformatting and installing Ubuntu Linux. The tech who diagnosed it suggested that the Linux drivers may have set some I/O registers in a way that caused the fault.

"Bargain PCs" tend to be manufactured to a very low cost, so they have many compromises in order to meet those targets.

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