Re: [ilugd] Buying a New Dell Laptop Without Windows

2011-01-12 Thread Kartik Singhal
@Gaurang Please hit Reply to All while replying to this mailing list. Gaurang's message sent to me only (by mistake) follows: On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 4:07 AM, Gaurang Aggarwal honeygaur...@gmail.comwrote: There is a EULA Agreement which should be accepted in order to complete Installation and

Re: [ilugd] Buying a New Dell Laptop Without Windows

2010-12-29 Thread Kartik Singhal
Found this recent post, may be relevant: http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/buying-a-dell-without-windows-is-not-easy-but-possible-20101228/ -- Kartik Singhal BTech CSE Student, NIT Calicut http://www.google.com/profiles/kartiksinghal ___ Ilugd

Re: [ilugd] Buying a New Dell Laptop Without Windows

2010-12-26 Thread H.S.Rai
On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 12:47 PM, shrey sinha shreysin...@gmail.com wrote: One of my friend bought a Dell laptop without windows few days back. So, I am sure that you can get a DELL laptop without pre-installed windows. Buying PC / Laptop without MS product will not guarantee that you will be

Re: [ilugd] Buying a New Dell Laptop Without Windows

2010-12-26 Thread Harish Pillay
One of my friend bought a Dell laptop without windows few days back. So, I am sure that you can get a DELL laptop without pre-installed windows. I've got a Dell Vostro V-13 that is part of their N-series systems. It came with Ubuntu pre-installed, which I subsequently placed Fedora over. But

Re: [ilugd] Buying a New Dell Laptop Without Windows

2010-12-26 Thread Abhinav Sahai
On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 11:04 PM, subodh subodh.rohi...@gmail.com wrote: Can I buy a Dell laptop without the Windows Operating System so that i can cut cost on that? Also it is unfare to forcefully sell windows to customer who are unware of the choices. Some step similar to European Union in

Re: [ilugd] Buying a New Dell Laptop Without Windows

2010-12-26 Thread H.S.Rai
See: http://www.techdrivein.com/2010/09/7-providers-of-pre-installed-linux.html We really need companies / shops like: http://www.system76.com/ selling PC, Laptops (rate from $385 to $1389) and server, all with Ubuntu and company sell computers ONLY with Ubuntu. -- H.S.Rai

Re: [ilugd] Buying a New Dell Laptop Without Windows

2010-12-25 Thread Narendra Sisodiya
On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 11:04 PM, subodh subodh.rohi...@gmail.com wrote: Can I buy a Dell laptop without the Windows Operating System so that i can cut cost on that? Also it is unfare to forcefully sell windows to customer who are unware of the choices. Some step similar to European Union in

Re: [ilugd] Buying a New Dell Laptop Without Windows

2010-12-25 Thread Chirag Anand
I bought a Dell two years back with FreeDOS from Nehru Place showroom only. I don't know if they still sell those systems there, but you can surely contact them via their website to enquire about this. I had also called them up at their Bangalore office and they had agreed to send me a FreeDOS

Re: [ilugd] Buying a New Dell Laptop Without Windows

2010-12-25 Thread Kartik Singhal
On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 11:04 PM, subodh subodh.rohi...@gmail.com wrote: Can I buy a Dell laptop without the Windows Operating System so that i can cut cost on that? It's true that you can buy Dell without Windows as they do offer some models with Ubuntu installed (

Re: [ilugd] Buying a New Dell Laptop Without Windows

2010-12-25 Thread Manish
On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 12:12 AM, Narendra Sisodiya wrote: On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 11:04 PM, subodh wrote: Can I buy a Dell laptop without the Windows Operating System so that i can cut cost on that? As Kartik pointed out: most models without Windows preinstalled are likely to be

Re: [ilugd] Buying a New Dell Laptop Without Windows

2010-12-25 Thread Aman Thakur
Hi subodh, This is very reasonable question. Even i wanna know if it is possible to have a laptop without windows. Some one told me that we have a that kind of choice in ACER laptops but for DELL i have now idea. So do let me know if you get the answers. Since, even i am thinking of buying a DELL

Re: [ilugd] Buying a New Dell Laptop Without Windows

2010-12-25 Thread Rakesh Kumar
Hi, 1: No matter whether you buy a Dell laptop with or without windows, it will support Linux in either ways. 2: Yes dell provides laptops with Linux preinstalled and definitely it will reduce cost. On 12/26/10, Aman Thakur aman.thakur.1...@gmail.com wrote: Hi subodh, This is very reasonable

Re: [ilugd] Buying a New Dell Laptop Without Windows

2010-12-25 Thread shrey sinha
On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Aman Thakur aman.thakur.1...@gmail.comwrote: Hi subodh, This is very reasonable question. Even i wanna know if it is possible to have a laptop without windows. Some one told me that we have a that kind of choice in ACER laptops but for DELL i have now idea.