Re: [Dorset] Microsoft Vista Refund

2009-03-24 Thread Hugh Frater
Provided you buy an intel centrino platform laptop and avoid the amd/broadcom/ati package that comes with amd's turion mobile platform your fine with any modern distro. Hugh 2009/3/24 Sean Gibbins s...@funkygibbins.me.uk: Mark Elkins wrote: Sean Even though a staff discount is available is

Re: [Dorset] Microsoft Vista Refund

2009-03-24 Thread Mark Elkins
John I beg to disagree with your statement although I would agree that things are improving all the time. Mark --- On Tue, 24/3/09, John Cooper l...@discoverlinux.co.uk wrote: From: John Cooper l...@discoverlinux.co.uk Subject: Re: [Dorset] Microsoft Vista Refund To: mark_elk...@bcs.org

Re: [Dorset] Microsoft Vista Refund

2009-03-24 Thread Tim
...@discoverlinux.co.uk Subject: Re: [Dorset] Microsoft Vista Refund To: mark_elk...@bcs.org, Dorset Linux User Group dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk Date: Tuesday, 24 March, 2009, 6:59 PM Mark Elkins wrote: Sean Even though a staff discount is available is this Acer laptop the best you can buy

Re: [Dorset] Microsoft Vista Refund - Information Sought

2009-03-23 Thread Sean Gibbins
John Carlyle-Clarke wrote: This came up before with BeOS. Checking Wikipedia and cited links leads to http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/02/20/be_inc_sues_microsoft/ http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/print.php/3073811/ Short, biased summary: Be Inc. had some agreements to ship dual boot