On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 2:27 PM, Manish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I am on the lookout for a laptop that plays nice with Linux and have > zeroed in on three choices: Lenovo Thinkpad R61 [1], Dell XPS M1330 > [2] and Sony Vaio CR [3]. I am not sure how compatible they are with > Debian. Some web-search does suggest that almost all of them can be > made to work but I would appreciate advice from the real world as > well. > > Web search also did not come up with any instances of anyone ever > having `reclaimed' the M$ tax in India. Has that ever been attempted? >
if you choose Dell latitude series machines, they give you the option not to have M$ at all. they give the machine with freedos installed. not tax here. _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22-24, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/