Maybe you can find a place which sells "bare metal" laptops (i.e. without an OS) so you avoid paying the "Microsoft tax". Then it would be pretty straight forward to install linux.
Maybe HP would sell a laptop with linux is since it claims to "suppot linux". I bought my wife a "refurbished" Gateway laptop on line from Future Shop which had XP on it, thus minimizing the "Microsoft tax". So far it has worked well, although she won't yet let me install linux on it! Good luck Robin On 10/22/07, Rick Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for the input. > > Will check into Memory Express first, as I think I'd like to stay local if > at all possible. (Taking along a copy of Knoppix is a great suggestion... > I > will definitely be doing that. :-) > > I also took a look at the Dell Vostro 1500--that machine has specs in line > with what I'm looking for, so that may be an option too as long as the > wireless > isn't a problem. > > Thanks again! > > Cheers, > Rick > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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