On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 11:04 PM, subodh <subodh.rohi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Can I buy a Dell laptop without the Windows Operating System so that i can > cut cost on that? It's true that you can buy Dell without Windows as they do offer some models with Ubuntu installed ( http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/ubuntu?c=us&l=en&cs=19 ). But the fact is those models are always kept low in hardware features compared to what they offer (or what the norm is) in their mainstream product line. My friend Jaseem had recently tried to buy a Dell Studio system without Windows though unsuccessfully. They did not agree even to not put the Windows 7 sticker on the palm rest. Out of dire need, he bought the system, formatted it to install Ubuntu and pasted some other sticker over Windows 7 sticker. As Narendra has rightly pointed out, it involves a complex legal procedure and time to get it done as was discussed in this list some months (may be over 12) back. -- Kartik Singhal BTech CSE Student, NIT Calicut http://www.google.com/profiles/kartiksinghal _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
