On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 11:20, Sharrea wrote: > Not exactly OT, Mandrake now comes pre-installed in New Zealand! > > Yet another breakthrough for Linux. From > http://www.linuxhardware.org/article.pl?sid=02/11/07/0611226&mode=thread : > > "Vik Olliver writes "Here in New Zealand, the area's major Australia/NZ > electronics retailer Dick Smiths Electronics (DSE) is now selling PCs with > Mandrake Linux & OpenOffice pre-installed for roughly 2/3 the price of > Microsoft-encumbered boxes; NZ$1099 or about US$540. That price includes a > 17" monitor and tax..." > > Apparently someone from nzlug phoned DSE to enquire about these PCs and they > have already sold out and are getting more. They were surprised at how > fast they went. AFAIK they have only been available from the start of the > week! > > This is excellent news indeed!! > > Sharrea Yet another reason why I try to steer customers into purchasing computers with linux pre-installed - and if they're UNSURE, I do a dual-boot for 'em...gives'em the impetus to at least give it a go when they're sick of Windoze...
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