Gary Bennett wrote:
On 9/7/05, *Howard Lowndes* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
I am probably going to buy a lappy in the next few weeks and it will
inevitably come with that toy OS on it.
Having paid good money for it I am disinclined to blow it away totally
so I want to be able to cram it into a corner of the disk and give the
rest over to a real OS.
Howard, is it inevitable that the machine will come with a preloaded OS?
Perhaps you could ask them to save the OS and you can save some cash, or
shop around for someone who will.
I have yet to see any lappies advertised with Linux installed outside of
the US. I just checked a couple of AU Linux sites and they don't have
anything. I know my own wholesaler only supplies with Winders installed.
Dell - nothing but XP on lappies.
IBM - they no longer sell lappies, since they sold that arm to Lenevo
Novell - don't sell lappies
A few years back someone did get the price reduced in AU by getting the
supplier to cancel the Winders install, but it was a battle. I think he
got $15 off, IIRC.
Regards, Gary
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