A colleague of mine at the university got a Lenovo laptop with unbuntu preloaded, no MS tax, in the States.
Robin On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Gustin Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > Jesse Kline wrote: > > I'm now thinking of buying a laptop with Linux preloaded. Has anyone had > > any experience with System 76 or Linux Certified? Any other suggestions? > > > I usually tend to focus on the hardware and then wipe whatever comes > pre-loaded. I also, do not worry about the so called Microsoft tax > since most companies make more in ad revenue from all the pre-loaded > "trial" crap than the their cost of putting Windows on the machine. > Dell also had more options so I could get pretty much exactly the laptop > I wanted. > > Of course I don't get to make a dramatic statement that almost no one > will notice with my purchase, but you get to make your own choices. > > So, in focusing on the hardware, my two current favorites are the Dell > Latitude series (I currently own an E6400) and the IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad > series (I currently own an older X41 from 2005). > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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