Laptop for Ubuntu

[Andre Mangan]

Of course you can say that you do not want Vista, plenty of computers are
sold with XP in lieu of Vista (Dell for example).  The last computer I had
built came specified by me as "No Operating system to be installed or
supplied".  And, yes it was cheaper - no point paying for something you do
not want.

It is your money that dictates what you will purchase and from whom.  Just
stick to your guns.  If one supplier will not accommodate your wishes, go
elsewhere until you get what you want.

Alternatively you can try to recover your cost of Vista from Microsoft but I
do earnestly think that the battle begins with the retailer who is trying to
sell a product that does not meet your requirements.

Cheers,
Andre



On 22/08/07, Tom Schinckel <gunny01 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2007-08-22 at 16:46 +1000, Christopher Davis wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm contemplating purchasing a new laptop and plan on using it with
> > Ubuntu as it's been a favoutite for the past 12 months and I don't
> > want to change back to M$. I was wondering if anyone has had any
> > success in running ubuntu on a laptop and getting most of the hardware
> > working pretty easily. Also is anyone aware of any stores that are
> > willing to sell laptops without V!$TA?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Jim.
>
> You could order from Someone like Emperor Linux, but they're pretty
> expensive...plus shipping from the US/UK
>
> A better soulution would be to buy a well supported laptop (Lenovo
> Thinkpad T or X series with Intel CPU/GPU comes to mind) and install
> Ubuntu. You aren't going to be able to buy any cheaper without linux, so
> you may as well take Vista. On the plus side, you can downgrade Vista
> Business (Which comes with Thinkpads) to XP Pro, which is great for
> VMing.
>
> tom
>
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