On 17/01/11 08:26, Andrés Muñiz Piniella wrote:
Remember you can always claim your money back for not using windows! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6144782.stm
MS have made it much harder to do that since Windows 7. The wording of the EULA was changed.
We have bought laptops and I've built desktops/low-power servers from various suppliers with little or no hardware issues.
Novatech sell *every* computer they do without an OS. They let you chose during the ordering process. Here's their laptop list: http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/laptop/all/
Around 6 months ago we bought some Samsung laptops from Amazon (at the time Novatech didn't have any Core i series laptops in stock) which have worked fine with Ubuntu apart from one issue with the VGA output that causes flickering (HDMI/DVI is fine though)
There's a bug on Launchpad and upstream and it looks like from a recent comment there's a patch been suggested to fix it - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/614238
The main point is, that *most* hardware, apart from real bleeding edge stuff will probably work just fine. And after a few months the bleeding edge will be sorted too.
Cheers Al
55quid is not bad. As barry sugested linuxemporium doesn't seem like a bad option: http://www.linuxemporium.co.uk/hardware/hardware-laptops.html I use dell at work but they are windows machines so I can't judge. ************************************************************** > 4. It's hard to find no OS or Ubuntu pre-loaded. Yes, you may have to > take the copy of Windows that comes with it, but I doubt you'll find a > _laptop_ that's cheaper without Windows, whatever you think of the > retail price of the OS. You can always get the install disc and load it > as a VM in Virtualbox. As I said, Dell supply the Inspiron 15R pre-loaded with Ubuntu. And you aren't expected to pay for a licence for an OS you'll never use. In the UK, ElpaTech http://www.elpatech.co.uk/ offer a range of PC's pre-installed with Ubuntu and the prices are really good. Unfortunately they don't sell laptops, but I think the proprietor, Ed Barnard might help you source one. He's an Ubuntumaniac. Ed - are you out there? Help. Regards, Barry Drake. -- What do you see when you use your Computer? Same old thing? ...There IS a Better Way! Ubuntu! -- Andrés Muñiz-Piniella
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