Re: [SLUG] Laptop sellers in Oz with preinstall Linux as an option (was: Partitioning software)

2005-09-12 Thread Jan Schmidt
On Mon, 2005-09-12 at 13:15 +1000, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: > James Gray wrote: > > > Digital Star (http://www.digitalstar.com.au) also have OS-less laptops on > > offer. From their main page, follow the link to "BTO Notebooks" or simply > > go here: > > http://www.digitalstar.com.au/_PowerNot

Re: [SLUG] Laptop sellers in Oz with preinstall Linux as an option (was: Partitioning software)

2005-09-11 Thread James Gray
On Monday 12 September 2005 13:15, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: > James Gray wrote: > > Digital Star (http://www.digitalstar.com.au) also have OS-less laptops on > > offer. From their main page, follow the link to "BTO Notebooks" or > > simply go here: > > http://www.digitalstar.com.au/_PowerNoteCom

Re: [SLUG] Laptop sellers in Oz with preinstall Linux as an option (was: Partitioning software)

2005-09-11 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
James Gray wrote: > Digital Star (http://www.digitalstar.com.au) also have OS-less laptops on > offer. From their main page, follow the link to "BTO Notebooks" or simply > go here: > http://www.digitalstar.com.au/_PowerNoteComparisonChart.aspx OK, they have some nice looking machines and the "

Re: [SLUG] Laptop sellers in Oz with preinstall Linux as an option (was: Partitioning software)

2005-09-11 Thread James Gray
On Saturday 10 September 2005 15:22, elliott-brennan wrote: > Hi Howard, > > I came across this site just a few days ago: > > http://www.vgcomputing.com.au/about.html > > Good luck with it all :) > > Regards, > > Patrick Digital Star (http://www.digitalstar.com.au) also have OS-less laptops on of

Re: [SLUG] Laptop sellers in Oz with preinstall Linux as an option (was: Partitioning software)

2005-09-11 Thread Gnuthad
You could also try EYO Technologies (link below) as they have a number of laptops without an OS. I don't know if they would be willing to install your choice of Linux, but it won't hurt to ask. http://www.eyo.com.au [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gnuthad On 10 Sep 2005 at 15:22, elliott-brennan wrote: >

Re: [SLUG] Laptop sellers in Oz with preinstall Linux as an option (was: Partitioning software)

2005-09-11 Thread Gnuthad
You could also try EYO Technologies (link below) as they have a number of laptops without an OS. I don't know if they would be willing to install your choice of Linux, but it won't hurt to ask. http://www.eyo.com.au & [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gnuthad On 10 Sep 2005 at 15:22, elliott-brennan wrote:

Re: [SLUG] Laptop sellers in Oz with preinstall Linux as an option (was: Partitioning software)

2005-09-09 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
elliott-brennan wrote: > Hi Howard, > > I came across this site just a few days ago: > > http://www.vgcomputing.com.au/about.html Interesting to note with this mob is that getting a laptop with Debian costs you $49 extra, but windows is included anyway. Ie you still pay the microsoft tax. Eri

[SLUG] Laptop sellers in Oz with preinstall Linux as an option (was: Partitioning software)

2005-09-09 Thread elliott-brennan
Hi Howard, I came across this site just a few days ago: http://www.vgcomputing.com.au/about.html Good luck with it all :) Regards, Patrick -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html