On 06/02/13 13:50, Rowan Berkeley wrote: > > Linux Emporium do quite a range of Lenovo's with Ubuntu ready > installed. I suppose when you rate the machines against the prices, > you find that for any given price you're getting less of a machine, > because the margin they charge for the installation is not > inconsiderable. > > Rowan > > I'm a cheapskate speedfreak - want speeeeed, don't care too much about the box as long as the keyboard/pad are useable, don't wanna pay MS tax (cos it's the difference between, say, an i3 and an i5) and I can research driver availability before I buy and put Ubuntu on it myself ;)
I can see the PC specialist and Linux Emporium options can be good if you'd rather someone else did it - although I have often had to sort out stuff for friends like Toshiba netbooks with preinstalled Ubuntu which break as soon as the first kernel upgrade comes through. But isn't it fabulous that we're having a discussion about which provider to use - it used to be absolute murder trying to find a box without Windows preinstalled. Now I can choose from eBuyer Zoostorm, PCSpecialist, Aleutia, TranquilPC, Yoyotech, Novatech, pre-built barebones from eBay, Linux Emporium . . . I feel like a kid in a candy shop ;) Paula -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
