On Tue, 2010-12-28 at 14:26 +0000, alan c wrote: > A blank PC is generally so *easy* to install. However, I am usually > asked to install Ubuntu dual boot onto an existing machine.
My solution to that is to buy a hard drive (small by todays standards) and pop that in. I give them the old one: "Keep it carefully; it will only take me five minutes to put it back and you'll be back to exactly where you are now". After a respectable wait, I can put the old hard drive back as extra storage, and re-format it! The other thing is that it makes moving their documents easy - I temporarily hook the old drive in, and simply copy the stuff they need. I know they are not going to want Windows again: they don't, so I don't blame them for their caution. Yes, the stuff about Microsoft is pretty damning. Anyone who does that deserves to lose the market. Makes me all the more fervent about what we are doing. Regards, Barry. -- What do you see when you use your Computer? Same old thing? ...There IS a Better Way! Ubuntu! _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-advertising Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-advertising More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
