Rob Beard <[email protected]> wrote: Rowan wrote:
> > Rob Beard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> >> I guess it might pay to buy a machine in the UK from a UK based supplier >> >> (be it a Linux specialist such as EfficientPC.co.uk or >> >> LinuxEmportium.co.uk or just a Windows based laptop from Comet or >> >> somewhere and install Linux yourself). Rob >> >> >> > > > > Hmmm... I wonder whether anyone sells a naked version of the Panasonic > > Toughbook? :-) Indestructible... > > > >Not sure, I would guess not knowing Panasonic, but even then there is nothing stopping anyone who buys one trying to get a refund. Rob The Thinkpad N-500 series machines on the Linux Emporium list are quite comparable to the one I bought from 'Linux Certified' and noticeably cheaper, even ignoring the extra shipping cost I incurred by ordering from the USA. If I had spotted this site instead of spotting 'Linux Certified', I would have bought one for sure. At that time I had no idea of joining any users' groups, unfortunately. -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
