I'd also be wary of computers stores in Israel - A customer was screaming at the store people - it seems they switched out his Micron memory for Generic brand. The store just said "it's the same thing - you won't notice the difference"
On 7/17/07, Shahar Dag <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi You should also consider the quality of the service you can get in Israel. from rommers HP aren't so good from personal experience IBM tends to be petty (for example if you have a tiny crack in the case, they may refuse to fix a problem in the computer unless you will also replace the case) have fun Shahar ----- Original Message ----- From: "Oded Arbel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il> Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 6:21 PM Subject: Hardware Recommendation > Hi All. > > I'm in the market for a new laptop, and I hope that people on the list > can share their experience with current laptops, specifically in regards > to Linux compatibility and reliability. > > I'm interested in spending less money, but still get a brand with good > (preferably world-wide) support - otherwise I'd go with a good Thinkpad > which I know from experience is a great product, so currently I'm > looking at these brands: > HP Pavillon > Compaq Presario > Dell (whatever - can't make heads or tails of their brand names) > > Also a couple related questions: > - Did anyone have any success in getting a brand laptop in Israel > without paying the "MS-Windows tax" ? > - Did anyone manage to get a Dell with Ubuntu installed ? From talking > to some Israeli sales reps that distribute Dell laptops I got mostly > "huh?!?"s. > > Thanks in advance > > -- > Oded > > > ================================================================= > 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] > ================================================================= 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]
