On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 7:57 AM, Stephen O'Neill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I see what you're saying, but you need to compare like with like - > whether cheaper systems in supermarkets represent good value compared to > traditional retailers is a different discussion.
I agree with this, but surely rather than support folks who are charging over the market price for machines we should be encouraging the major players to provide just that - laptops without Vista? Do I want to pay £400 for a celeron laptop with no OS and 1GB RAM, or would I rather pay £350 in Tesco for an HP with an Athlon 64-bit dual-core processor, 2GB RAM and Vista Home Premium and simply wipe over the OS? Not a difficult choice for me! If the EU do allow mis-shapen carrots can we assume that the local greengrocers will be advertising "Normal shaped carrots - £1.50/kg or mis-shapen ones £3/kg" before too long? Why, because we want to challenge the norm, should we be paying premium prices? I'm all for "sending the right signals" but I don't have a lot of money at the moment and would much rather simply get a laptop with Ubuntu on the cheapest way, and at Tesco that'd be the Fujitsu Siemens they're offering at £270 with Vista Home Premium which is approx the same spec as the Celeron that you'd pay £400 for without an OS at the link that initiated this thread. I'd rather spend my £130 on something else, rather than "trying to send signals" to large retailers who will just ignore them anyway! Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
