> > My wife actually said she probably prefers a 12" model, but can do with > > > > [snip] > > > If, meanwhile, somebody on the list got acquainted with a place in > > Israel to buy a non-wide linux-friendly laptop WITHOUT MS TAX, please > > tell us. So far it looks that the MS marketing successfully forced all > > the dealers to pre-brand all their stock laptops as MS OEM units :-( > > > > Have a look at MSI, sold by ivory (www.ivory.co.il). It comes with no M$ > (either by default or as a discount, not sure what it is now). > > It also comes with a two year warrenty (one international). > > There is a 12" 2kg version I believe for a very resonable price (last time I > checked there was a celron version for about 3800 NIS)
Hmm.... 2kg @12" is around twice as heavy as it should be at that size, and the warranty sounds weak as well (we're looking for something with 3 years warranty). The price surely sounds right, though... > > Or, if there is any of you, who knows a sure legal route to the refund > > in Israel (similar to the UK-specific story > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6144782.stm ), please tell us. I > > do have some hope because Israeli law is a descendant of the UK one > > AFAIU (again, IANAL). > > > > I doubt that you'll get anything, my guess is that M$ will point you at IBM if > they'll bother and IBM may ignore you or say you can return the laptop if you > haven't used it or something like that. I'm pessimistic as well, but I will try nevertheless. In the worst case, if we're forced upon with the MS s/w, we'll at least copy all the MS fonts over for use in the Linux installation. V ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
