Info. on Netbooks Requested

[Nathan Bahn]

On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 7:37 PM, Lachlan Musicman <datakid at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 04:48, Nathan Bahn <nathan.bahn at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > Neither Dell, Toshiba nor Lenovo allow for the possibility of shipping
> > netbooks without Windows (I haven't checked ASUS yet).  SO:  Where can I
> > find information on netbook manufacturers that give people a choice as to
> > what -- if any -- O.S.(s) will be preloaded onto or excluded from the
> unit?
>
> I've always just installed new Ubuntu over the top and paid the MS tax.
>
>
> --
> Bacon ice cream (or Bacon-and-egg ice cream) is a modern invention in
> experimental cookery, generally created by adding bacon to egg custard
> and freezing the mixture. Although it was a joke in a Two Ronnies
> sketch, it was eventually created for April Fools’ Day. Heston
> Blumenthal experimented with the creation of ice cream, making a
> custard similar to scrambled eggs then adding bacon to create one of
> his signature dishes. It now regularly appears on dessert menus in
> high-end restaurants.
> from The Best of Wikipedia http://bestofwikipedia.tumblr.com/
>



L.M.--

Michael Haney posted this
link<http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3929866/>in
another thread.  From the third-to-last paragraph (emphasis mine):
*

*
>
> *"And lastly, let's stop buying computers only to then remove Windows and
> install Linux. This is the single biggest gripe I have. If you choose to
> ignore every other point, please at least hear me on this one. Build your
> own desktop PCs and buy your notebooks with Linux pre-installed."*
>

Amen, I say;* amen!*

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