[clug] Buying a Notebook without Windows

[Karun Dambiec]

Karun Dambiec wrote:
> Jason Stokes wrote:
>> No experience, I've always bought my notebooks secondhand.  But 
>> Lenovo, after some fanfare about offering preloaded Linux, has dropped
>> all Linux preloads in favor of Windows.  Unsurprising; the future of 
>> Linux
>> on Thinkpads was always in doubt as soon as the division left IBM.
>>
>> Apparently you can still get some "high end" Lenvo
>> products with no OS at all, see: 
>> http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS2988739865.html.
>>
>> Acer is probably your best bet, they have positioned themselves as 
>> the Linux
>> company and have a lot of preloaded Linux stuff.
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Karun Dambiec <kdambiec at ieee.org>
>> To: linux at lists.samba.org
>> Sent: Monday, 30 March, 2009 8:32:58 PM
>> Subject: [clug] Buying a Notebook without Windows
>>
>> Hello,
>> I am in the process of looking for a new notebook.
>> What have been your experiences in trying to buy one without windows?
>> And which company is likely to provide one without windows?
>>
>> So far I have been looking at Dell and Lenovo.
>>
>> Regards
>> Karun Dambiec
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>
> Ive had enough experience with Acer at work not to purchase one of 
> their notebooks.
> Has anyone tried calling Dell or Lenovo and placing a order for it 
> without an OS?
Seems an option is to purchase a Dell notebook from Germany, and have a 
friend ship it over.
They do not sell Dell notebooks with Ubuntu in Australia.