G'day Andrew, I just checked out the Good Guys webs, and found not only an Acer, but a tiny little Asus laptop with the OS marked as Linux.
Very nice to see... Dov On Jan 12, 9:50 pm, Andrew G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Melissa. > > Thanks for the response. I'm currently on holiday in New Zealand, and > when I called Dell and asked here.. I got a complete blank from the > person on the other end of the phone as to what Ubuntu is. I might > well try and call Dell when I get back to Aussie though. > > I'm in no major rush. In terms of the calendar year, what is "the end > of the first quarter" mean? April-ish? > > I checked out The Good Guys online... and I found an Acer, there's > just not much detail about it. And I trust you that some have Ubuntu > on ;) .. more curious about the price and specs. > > thanks, > Andrew > > On 12 Jan, 21:52, Melissa Draper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Andrew G wrote: > > > > Hi there. I'm probably going to get a laptop this year... and I found > > > this (http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/ubuntu? > > > c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&dgc=IR&cid=11973&lid=471885) and am pretty > > > stoked. After perusing the Dell Aussie site though, this doesn't seem > > > to be an option for us.. is that right? > > > > thanks, > > > Andrew > > > At this point, no the Ubuntu product range has not yet hit Aussie > > shores. However there are some Acers in The Good Guys stores that have > > Ubuntu pre-installed. > > > However, I would be strongly surprised if there is no sign of Aussie > > Dellbuntu's by the end of the first quarter. Making contact with Dell > > and expressing your interest will not do any harm :) > > > It just depends how much of a rush you're in. > > > -- > > Sincerely > > Melissa Draper > > >http://www.meldraweb.com > > > Phone: 0404 595 395 > > (intl): +61 404 595 395 > > > P.O Box 1412 > > Lavington, NSW 2641 > > > -- > > ubuntu-au mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED]://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
