Hello,
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 10:55:02AM +0100, Avi Greenbury wrote:
> Andy Smith wrote:
> > However it all sounds like a massive hassle and personally I would
> > buy the computer online using a credit card making sure the store
> > was aware it was for Ubuntu.
>
> You'd need to do more than ma
When I bought my net book from Currys, I chose the one I wanted and was
at the counter literally about to insert my card to pay when I said,
"hang on, before I pay for this do you mind if I just try booting from a
USB stick to see if Ubuntu works?"
The guy said, yeah no problem. So we went back to
Andy Smith wrote:
> However it all sounds like a massive hassle and personally I would
> buy the computer online using a credit card making sure the store
> was aware it was for Ubuntu.
You'd need to do more than make them aware of what you want to do with
it; you need to have some (written) conf
Hi Rob,
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 10:28:32PM +0100, Rob Beard wrote:
> I guess in say the case of eBuyer.com you could send an eNote, but they
> might turn round and say that they can't guarantee compatibility (at
> least that was the case back in 2003 when I worked at eBuyer, I was told
> not to
On 12/05/10 22:03, Andy Smith wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 03:10:37PM +0100, Markie wrote:
>> Lets say your want to buy a new PC and keep the bundled windows etc on
>> there, but you wish to install Ubuntu into a new partition / disc. If you
>> cant find anyone whos used your PC with Ub
Hi,
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 03:10:37PM +0100, Markie wrote:
> Lets say your want to buy a new PC and keep the bundled windows etc on
> there, but you wish to install Ubuntu into a new partition / disc. If you
> cant find anyone whos used your PC with Ubuntu before and you dont find it
> listed her
Well, how did the visit to PC world go? :-)
On 11 May 2010 17:31, Dave Smith wrote:
> I work in an independent store. We would definitely – but I am going to
> PC world tonight just to find out, heheh!!
>
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> Live CDs: For people who are still upset that you can't go into a computer
> shop and type
>
> 10 PRINT "ARSE"
> 20 GOTO 10
>
> any more...
>
ROFL! ...brings back some memories of being a kid there...
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Isabell Long wrote:
> On 11 May 2010 16:40, Dianne Reuby wrote:
>> On Tue, 2010-05-11 at 16:33 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I've never tried, but it'd probably be a laugh to go to PC World with
>>> a bunch of live CDs, insert them into the PCs
On 11/05/10 16:43, Isabell Long wrote:
> On 11 May 2010 16:40, Dianne Reuby wrote:
>> On Tue, 2010-05-11 at 16:33 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>> I've never tried, but it'd probably be a laugh to go to PC World with
>>> a bunch of live CDs, insert them into the PCs and reboot them
>>> (ob
I work in an independent store. We would definitely - but I am going to
PC world tonight just to find out, heheh!!
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On 11 May 2010 15:10, Markie wrote:
> Lets say your want to buy a new PC and keep the bundled windows etc on
> there, but you wish to install Ubuntu into a new partition / disc. If you
> cant find anyone whos used your PC with Ubuntu before and you dont find it
> listed here https://wiki.ubuntu.c
On 11 May 2010 16:40, Dianne Reuby wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-05-11 at 16:33 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote:
>
>
>>
>> I've never tried, but it'd probably be a laugh to go to PC World with
>> a bunch of live CDs, insert them into the PCs and reboot them
>> (observing the resultant chaos).
>>
>
> What an exc
Chris Rowson:
> I've never tried, but it'd probably be a laugh to go to PC
> World with a bunch of live CDs, insert them into the PCs and
> reboot them (observing the resultant chaos).
Live CDs: For people who are still upset that you can't go into a computer shop
and type
10 PRINT "ARSE"
20 GOT
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Chris Rowson
wrote:
>
> I've never tried, but it'd probably be a laugh to go to PC World with a
> bunch of live CDs, insert them into the PCs and reboot them (observing the
> resultant chaos).
>
> Chris
>
> I can't remember what the correct terminology, but there w
On Tue, 2010-05-11 at 16:33 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote:
>
> I've never tried, but it'd probably be a laugh to go to PC World with
> a bunch of live CDs, insert them into the PCs and reboot them
> (observing the resultant chaos).
>
What an excellent suggestion for a launch party. :)
Dianne
> Lets say your want to buy a new PC and keep the bundled windows etc on
> there, but you wish to install Ubuntu into a new partition / disc. If you
> cant find anyone whos used your PC with Ubuntu before and you dont find it
> listed here https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport, then would you /
>
Lets say your want to buy a new PC and keep the bundled windows etc on
there, but you wish to install Ubuntu into a new partition / disc. If you
cant find anyone whos used your PC with Ubuntu before and you dont find it
listed here https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport, then would you / could
you
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