2009/6/9 Rob Beard <[email protected]>: > Another option, not sure if you'd thought of is to have a look at > laptops in the right price range and then search online to see if anyone > has had any problems with Ubuntu. I did that when choosing a laptop. I > was going to go for an eiSystem laptop from PC World for about £300 but > found it had god awful Linux support so instead I got my little Acer > Aspire 2920 (with 12.1" widescreen screen so bigger than a netbook but > small enough that it is compact and easy to carry around, and it has a > pretty good spec besides). Only issue is the Windows refund. I know > Acer do offer a Windows refund but it requires sending the laptop to > their service centre in Plymouth. Personally I kept Windows (despite > the fact the service centre is about a 40 mile round trip from where I > live so I could have dropped it off). > > Rob
Dell will refund the cost of Windows without you having to send anything off. But I guess the OP was looking for an Ubuntu pre-installed machine in order to send a message to the manufacture showing that there is a demand for such a thing. Cheers, Andrew -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
