OT - laptop w/o MS-Win in Europe?

[Francisco Borges <frandebo@latt.if.usp.br>]

Hello!

 I live in the Netherlands and I would like to buy a laptop. The problem
 I have now is:

 How do I buy a laptop without buying a WinXP license?

 There are loads of pages about (Dell|Acer|HP|etc) compatibility but
 almost no practical info about evading "MS tax".

 I could find this ""Early results of the (Dutch) Windows refund survey""
 http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/49036/index.html, but nothing
 about the actual findings.

 Most links to "linux laptops" shops end up at german language only
 sites that actually have WinXP as "default" install. Speaking dutch as
 a second language, I can't really find my way easily in german.

 Any hints?

 Cheers,
 Francisco.