content: Yes, but because of Microsofts global domination strategy, they have cornered every manufacturer into agreements that include every piece of hardware going out the door with a Microsoft OS (excluding Apple of course).  That's the so called "Microsoft tax".  They get our money every time we buy hardware, it keeps their business model going, kind of like how the mafia gets 10% as "fire insurance" of local businesses. If you don't pay the "Microsoft tax" they will burn your business to the ground.  They are an evil enterprise, period.