[clug] Buying a Notebook without Windows

Steve Walsh steve at nerdvana.org.au
Mon Mar 30 22:18:24 GMT 2009


Karun Dambiec wrote:
> <snip>
> 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?
I routinely order machines from Dell without Windows on them, but it has 
taken a long 3 years of beating my account manager into submission that 
No, Vista Is Not An Upgrade, It's A Lobotomy.

Let me know if you have any problems and I'll see what I can do.

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