Re: The Microsoft tax

2000-11-21 Thread Bernhard Josef Rieder
On Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 07:01:39PM +0100, Joachim Trinkwitz wrote: > Bernhard Josef Rieder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > What do you do if you want to buy a laptop? I think buying a laptop > > without windoze is nearly impossible (at least here in austria) :((( > > If Germany is an option for

Re: The Microsoft tax

2000-11-20 Thread Joachim Trinkwitz
Bernhard Josef Rieder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What do you do if you want to buy a laptop? I think buying a laptop > without windoze is nearly impossible (at least here in austria) :((( If Germany is an option for you you could look at . They have both laptops and PDAs

Re: The Microsoft tax

2000-11-20 Thread Russ Pitman
On Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 02:00:28PM +1100, Matthew Dalton wrote: > Erik Steffl wrote: > > > What do you do if you want to buy a laptop? I think buying a laptop > > > without windoze is nearly impossible (at least here in austria) :((( > > > > > > Bernhard > > > > there's more and more companies s

Re: The Microsoft tax

2000-11-20 Thread Heather
> > > you can buy computer without windows from many places. I would (and > > > actually did) go that way... > > > > > > or build your own, it's fairly easy and you get exactly what you > > > want/need (there are good articles in latest linux journal on building > > > both the ultimate linux w

Re: The Microsoft tax

2000-11-19 Thread Damien
> > > > What do you do if you want to buy a laptop? I think buying a laptop > > without windoze is nearly impossible (at least here in austria) :((( that's austria, not australia :) ^^^ > > Heather Stern may know of a local Ozzie source for you. She's pinged on > this

Re: The Microsoft tax

2000-11-19 Thread Matthew Dalton
Erik Steffl wrote: > > What do you do if you want to buy a laptop? I think buying a laptop > > without windoze is nearly impossible (at least here in austria) :((( > > > > Bernhard > > there's more and more companies selling computers with linux > preinstalled, some of them probably notebooks as

Re: The Microsoft tax

2000-11-19 Thread Erik Steffl
Bernhard Josef Rieder wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 01:11:31PM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: > > > > you can buy computer without windows from many places. I would (and > > actually did) go that way... > > > > or build your own, it's fairly easy and you get exactly what you > > want/need (the

Re: The Microsoft tax

2000-11-19 Thread kmself
on Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 09:58:38AM +1100, John Griffiths ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >> What do you do if you want to buy a laptop? I think buying a laptop > >> without windoze is nearly impossible (at least here in austria) :((( > > > >http://www.tuxtops.com/ > > > >Heather Stern may know of a l

Re: The Microsoft tax

2000-11-19 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
http://www.xcomputing.com/ sells computers with linux in Erik Steffl wrote: > > Andrew Dixon wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > I'm thinking of buying a new computer and I was > > looking for information on getting a refund for > > Windows. > ... > > you can buy computer without windows from many plac

Re: The Microsoft tax

2000-11-19 Thread John Griffiths
>> What do you do if you want to buy a laptop? I think buying a laptop >> without windoze is nearly impossible (at least here in austria) :((( > >http://www.tuxtops.com/ > >Heather Stern may know of a local Ozzie source for you. She's pinged on >this. > Austria / Australia There are no Kangaroos

Re: The Microsoft tax

2000-11-19 Thread kmself
on Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 11:44:31PM +0100, Bernhard Josef Rieder ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 01:11:31PM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: > > > > you can buy computer without windows from many places. I would (and > > actually did) go that way... > > > > or build your own, it

Re: The Microsoft tax

2000-11-19 Thread Bernhard Josef Rieder
On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 01:11:31PM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: > > you can buy computer without windows from many places. I would (and > actually did) go that way... > > or build your own, it's fairly easy and you get exactly what you > want/need (there are good articles in latest linux journal

Re: The Microsoft tax

2000-11-19 Thread Erik Steffl
Andrew Dixon wrote: > > Hi All, > I'm thinking of buying a new computer and I was > looking for information on getting a refund for > Windows. ... you can buy computer without windows from many places. I would (and actually did) go that way... or build your own, it's fairly easy and you get

Re: The Microsoft tax

2000-11-19 Thread Krzys Majewski
Andrew Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi All, > I'm thinking of buying a new computer and I was > looking for information on getting a refund for > Windows. Hrm. A few months ago I bought a "custom" computer from the shop down the street ("Hi, I'd like to buy a computer" "What kind?"

Re: The Microsoft tax

2000-11-19 Thread Timmy Douglas
Andrew Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi All, > I'm thinking of buying a new computer and I was > looking for information on getting a refund for > Windows. > > Any links, help, tips, success stories, or general M$ > bashing would be greatly appreciated. buy one without windows. i got min

Re: The Microsoft tax

2000-11-19 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 12:04:02PM -0800, Andrew Dixon wrote: > I'm thinking of buying a new computer and I was > looking for information on getting a refund for > Windows. > > Any links, help, tips, success stories, or general M$ > bashing would be greatly appreciated. Do a web search for "Win

The Microsoft tax

2000-11-19 Thread Andrew Dixon
Hi All, I'm thinking of buying a new computer and I was looking for information on getting a refund for Windows. Any links, help, tips, success stories, or general M$ bashing would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Andy __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Cal