For those who’re currently looking for a nice new device: shown are (from Top Left to Right):
- NovaCustom (NL)
 - Star Labs (UK)
 - System76 (US)
 - Juno Computers (US)
 - UbuntuShop (BE)
 - Slimbook (ES)
 - Tuxedo Computers (DE)
 - Entroware (UK)
 - MiniFree (UK)
 - Nitrokey (DE)
 - Laptops with Linux (NL)
 - Purism (US)
 
Not mentioned but also selling Ready-to-use Linux computer:
- Dell
 - Lenovo
 


Still not shipping with something.
I’d only wipe it anyway.
Me too, and have done it in the past on one laptop that I did get with Linux when there was no bring-your-own option, but I suppose that OP’s got a point — there are people out there for whom installing the OS on a blank laptop is going to be intimidating.
If you’ve installed an OS a zillion times, this is all old hat. If you never have before, probably feels kind of scary.
For those people, having a preinstalled OS can be a significant value-add.