[ubuntu-za] A new Laptop for Ubuntu without Windows...

[Wesley Werner]

Off topic but informative, The modus operandi is to dd the drive to an
image before first boot. Thus on resell you restore the laptops drive to
what it was when you got it.

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Wesley
On Jan 26, 2013 11:21 AM, "Mark Widdicombe" <markwiddicombe at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 26 January 2013 10:06, Casper Labuschagne
> <casper.labuschagne at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 05:17:31PM +0200, Wesley Werner wrote:
> >> Have you asked any resellers if they are willing to sell you one
> >> without Windows?
> >
> > Yes.
> >
> >  Would be interesting to see which shops are willing :)
> >
> > Nobody so far.  These are those that wont:
> >
> > Incredible Connection
> > Sybaritic
> > Game
> > Universe Direct
> > PC Laptops (Durbanville)
> > Oddworld and a few other mom & pop computer stores
> >
> > I could of course just pay for Windows and delete it.  But why should
> > I be ripped off?  Why should I be forced to pay for something I don't
> > want, won't use and don't need?
> >
> I did ask Incredible Connection once what discount they would offer on
> a laptop without Windows.  They said they would be happy to remove
> Windows, but wouldn't give a discount.  I bought a low-end Proline
> that came preinstalled with Fedora.  Perhaps they still have Linux
> offerings.
>
> There is, however, an advantage to buying a Windows laptop, and that
> is it adds to the resale value when you want to get rid of it at a
> later date.  Just leave Windows its own small partition, install
> distro of your choice on the rest, and don't use the Windows OS.  when
> you want to sell the laptop down the line, at least it will have an OS
> that most buyers will want.
>
> Regards,
> Mark
>
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