Re: [ilugd] Buying a New Dell Laptop Without Windows

2011-01-12 Thread Kartik Singhal
@Gaurang Please hit Reply to All while replying to this mailing list. Gaurang's message sent to me only (by mistake) follows: On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 4:07 AM, Gaurang Aggarwal honeygaur...@gmail.comwrote: There is a EULA Agreement which should be accepted in order to complete Installation and

Re: [ilugd] Buying a New Dell Laptop Without Windows

2010-12-29 Thread Kartik Singhal
Found this recent post, may be relevant: http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/buying-a-dell-without-windows-is-not-easy-but-possible-20101228/ -- Kartik Singhal BTech CSE Student, NIT Calicut http://www.google.com/profiles/kartiksinghal ___ Ilugd

Re: [ilugd] Buying a New Dell Laptop Without Windows

2010-12-26 Thread H.S.Rai
On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 12:47 PM, shrey sinha shreysin...@gmail.com wrote: One of my friend bought a Dell laptop without windows few days back. So, I am sure that you can get a DELL laptop without pre-installed windows. Buying PC / Laptop without MS product will not guarantee that you will be

Re: [ilugd] Buying a New Dell Laptop Without Windows

2010-12-26 Thread Harish Pillay
One of my friend bought a Dell laptop without windows few days back. So, I am sure that you can get a DELL laptop without pre-installed windows. I've got a Dell Vostro V-13 that is part of their N-series systems. It came with Ubuntu pre-installed, which I subsequently placed Fedora over. But

Re: [ilugd] Buying a New Dell Laptop Without Windows

2010-12-26 Thread Abhinav Sahai
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? Also it is unfare to forcefully sell windows to customer who are unware of the choices. Some step similar to European Union in

Re: [ilugd] Buying a New Dell Laptop Without Windows

2010-12-26 Thread H.S.Rai
See: http://www.techdrivein.com/2010/09/7-providers-of-pre-installed-linux.html We really need companies / shops like: http://www.system76.com/ selling PC, Laptops (rate from $385 to $1389) and server, all with Ubuntu and company sell computers ONLY with Ubuntu. -- H.S.Rai

[ilugd] Buying a New Dell Laptop Without Windows

2010-12-25 Thread subodh
Can I buy a Dell laptop without the Windows Operating System so that i can cut cost on that? Also it is unfare to forcefully sell windows to customer who are unware of the choices. Some step similar to European Union in case of web browser

Re: [ilugd] Buying a New Dell Laptop Without Windows

2010-12-25 Thread Narendra Sisodiya
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? Also it is unfare to forcefully sell windows to customer who are unware of the choices. Some step similar to European Union in

Re: [ilugd] Buying a New Dell Laptop Without Windows

2010-12-25 Thread Chirag Anand
I bought a Dell two years back with FreeDOS from Nehru Place showroom only. I don't know if they still sell those systems there, but you can surely contact them via their website to enquire about this. I had also called them up at their Bangalore office and they had agreed to send me a FreeDOS

Re: [ilugd] Buying a New Dell Laptop Without Windows

2010-12-25 Thread Kartik Singhal
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 (

Re: [ilugd] Buying a New Dell Laptop Without Windows

2010-12-25 Thread Manish
On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 12:12 AM, Narendra Sisodiya wrote: On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 11:04 PM, subodh wrote: Can I buy a Dell laptop without the Windows Operating System so that i can cut cost on that? As Kartik pointed out: most models without Windows preinstalled are likely to be

Re: [ilugd] Buying a New Dell Laptop Without Windows

2010-12-25 Thread Aman Thakur
Hi subodh, This is very reasonable question. Even i wanna know if it is possible to have a laptop without windows. Some one told me that we have a that kind of choice in ACER laptops but for DELL i have now idea. So do let me know if you get the answers. Since, even i am thinking of buying a DELL

Re: [ilugd] Buying a New Dell Laptop Without Windows

2010-12-25 Thread Rakesh Kumar
Hi, 1: No matter whether you buy a Dell laptop with or without windows, it will support Linux in either ways. 2: Yes dell provides laptops with Linux preinstalled and definitely it will reduce cost. On 12/26/10, Aman Thakur aman.thakur.1...@gmail.com wrote: Hi subodh, This is very reasonable

Re: [ilugd] Buying a New Dell Laptop Without Windows

2010-12-25 Thread shrey sinha
On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Aman Thakur aman.thakur.1...@gmail.comwrote: Hi subodh, This is very reasonable question. Even i wanna know if it is possible to have a laptop without windows. Some one told me that we have a that kind of choice in ACER laptops but for DELL i have now idea.