Re: [Hampshire] Windows 8 + Dual Booting

2013-04-17 Thread Leszek Kobiernicki 1
On 16/04/13 14:04, Gordon Scott wrote: > Hi Les, > > We probably don't disagree as much as you may think, but... > > On Tue, 2013-04-16 at 11:42 +0100, Leszek Kobiernicki 1 wrote: >> On Mon, 2013-04-15 at 23:25 +0100, Daniel Llewellyn wrote: ( snip ) >> >> Well, someone, somewhere has to pay someth

Re: [Hampshire] Windows 8 + Dual Booting

2013-04-16 Thread Gordon Scott
Hi Les, We probably don't disagree as much as you may think, but... On Tue, 2013-04-16 at 11:42 +0100, Leszek Kobiernicki 1 wrote: > On Mon, 2013-04-15 at 23:25 +0100, Daniel Llewellyn wrote: ( snip ) > > Well, someone, somewhere has to pay something, somehow, or many people simply > wouldn't p

Re: [Hampshire] Windows 8 + Dual Booting

2013-04-16 Thread Leszek Kobiernicki 1
On Mon, 2013-04-15 at 23:25 +0100, Daniel Llewellyn wrote: ( snip ) Well, someone, somewhere has to pay something, somehow, or many people simply wouldn't produce 'free' (beer) software. * Just look at reboot. pro: the devs. there don't charge, but do their self-impo

Re: [Hampshire] Windows 8 + Dual Booting

2013-04-16 Thread Gordon Scott
Hi Guys, I hadn't fully (or perhaps formally) recognised the cloud strategy, but I did click a number of the "what's that then" mega-buttons in TIFKAM to get a "Login to your Microsoft account" window. At which point, of course, I exited and unpinned the app from the start screen. On Mon, 2013-

Re: [Hampshire] Windows 8 + Dual Booting

2013-04-15 Thread Andy Smith
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 12:36:25AM +0100, Leszek Kobiernicki 1 wrote: > In 2005, advance intelligence from the business > world… > 2.Removal of user choice, back to manufacturer control… > 3.Western nations' military were to dry-run the process… > This trend is what I'm signalling. UBUNTU

Re: [Hampshire] Windows 8 + Dual Booting

2013-04-15 Thread Leszek Kobiernicki 1
On 15/04/13 23:25, Daniel Llewellyn wrote: > > On 15 April 2013 23:11, Leszek Kobiernicki 1 > mailto:l.kobierni...@ntlworld.com>> wrote: > > On 14/04/13 22:38, Daniel Llewellyn wrote: >> On Sunday, 14 April 2013, Leszek Kobiernicki 1 wrote: >> >> (snip) Win_8 ( = a Cloud implementat

Re: [Hampshire] Windows 8 + Dual Booting

2013-04-15 Thread Daniel Llewellyn
On 15 April 2013 23:11, Leszek Kobiernicki 1 wrote: > On 14/04/13 22:38, Daniel Llewellyn wrote: > > On Sunday, 14 April 2013, Leszek Kobiernicki 1 wrote: > >> (snip) Win_8 ( = a Cloud implementation - hence it resides on a M$ >> Server on their own proprietory WAN somewhere ) & Linux, or any fl

Re: [Hampshire] Windows 8 + Dual Booting

2013-04-14 Thread Sean Gibbins
On 14/04/13 19:55, Leszek Kobiernicki 1 wrote: For a free, non-commercial, home-use version, go http://neosmart.net/Download/Register/1 Thanks Les! Indeed, thanks all for your input. Sean -- music, film, comics, books, rants and drivel: www.funkygibbins.me.uk -- Please post to: Hampshire@

Re: [Hampshire] Windows 8 + Dual Booting

2013-04-14 Thread Leszek Kobiernicki 1
On 13/04/13 20:01, Sean Gibbins wrote: > Hi Folks, > > My daughter's 21st is nearly upon us and she has told us that she > would like a new laptop. > > We were idly browsing some in PC World today and it became apparent > that they were all shipping with Windows 8. > > Ellen is a Linux Mint user a

Re: [Hampshire] Windows 8 + Dual Booting

2013-04-13 Thread Tim
On 13/04/13 20:01, Sean Gibbins wrote: Hi Folks, My daughter's 21st is nearly upon us and she has told us that she would like a new laptop. We were idly browsing some in PC World today and it became apparent that they were all shipping with Windows 8. Ellen is a Linux Mint user and would

Re: [Hampshire] Windows 8 + Dual Booting

2013-04-13 Thread Richard Bensley
I think you should check out novatech, who are local and much more forgiving with what you do or don't install. Plus, they are much more likely to know which laptops can have Linux installed without any secureboot fuss. The price is also cheaper if you buy without an OS installed, so you can just

Re: [Hampshire] Windows 8 + Dual Booting

2013-04-13 Thread Tim Brocklehurst
Make sure you get the install discs for Win 8, then you should be able to install it in whatever partition size you wish. Alternatively, E-buyer have a number of laptops shipping with windows 7 here: http://www.ebuyer.com/search?a05471=Windows+7+Pro+64bit&cat=10 Good luck, Tim B. -- Hampshir

Re: [Hampshire] Windows 8 + Dual Booting

2013-04-13 Thread jlk
On 2013-04-13 15:01, Sean Gibbins wrote: Hi Folks, My daughter's 21st is nearly upon us and she has told us that she would like a new laptop. We were idly browsing some in PC World today and it became apparent that they were all shipping with Windows 8. Ellen is a Linux Mint user and would li

[Hampshire] Windows 8 + Dual Booting

2013-04-13 Thread Sean Gibbins
Hi Folks, My daughter's 21st is nearly upon us and she has told us that she would like a new laptop. We were idly browsing some in PC World today and it became apparent that they were all shipping with Windows 8. Ellen is a Linux Mint user and would like to continue to use it on her new l