On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 19:19, Andy wrote: > On Sunday 09 February 2003 23:15, Caleb Groom wrote: > > Does anybody know of a major laptop manufactorer that will sell a system > > with Red Hat or any other linux distribution pre-installed? If not > > Linux, perhaps without an OS? > > > > I'm pricing laptops but I know that some of the cost is OS related. > > Having a MS XP license isn't something that will be of any use to me. > > > > I stress _major_ company, like Dell, IBM, Gateway, HP/Compaq, Sony, > > Toshiba, etc. > > Have you tried calling yet? Please do so and let us know how it goes. > > I will find the time next week and call all of the big boys to see if I can. > It has been over a year since my last laptop and at that time...no luck. :-(( > Times change right? It is time they give us a choice. It is about time!!! > The more that people call these big companies to order equipment without > an Operating System pre installed, the better off the world is. > We should ALL have a choice! The only way that is gonna happen is if > you raise some hell when you try to purchase your laptop. Go for it and don't > back down.
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