Re: [Ubuntu-be] where to find this in Belgium ? Asus netbook (EEE 1225C) with Ubuntu 12.04

2012-09-13 Thread Ward De Ridder
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I think the license is more expensive but: All those trail versions that are installed (anti-virus, ...), most of the time the first things I throw away if I have to make a windows computer ready to use for someone. They pay the manifacturers to get t

Re: [Ubuntu-be] where to find this in Belgium ? Asus netbook (EEE 1225C) with Ubuntu 12.04

2012-09-13 Thread Y P
IMHO they lie: there isn't any MS license for *only* €7 at all! Why should MS lose so much money per unit while they ask much much more to end users for a single Win license ? ! Y P On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 10:38:44PM +0200, martijn cielen wrote: > Obviously the selling price doesn't say a thin

Re: [Ubuntu-be] where to find this in Belgium ? Asus netbook (EEE 1225C) with Ubuntu 12.04

2012-09-12 Thread martijn cielen
Obviously the selling price doesn't say a thing about the price Asus pays to MS. I tried getting my money back for an EEE 900, and they literally told me "we pay MS € 7 for Windows, so that's what we can refund". Truth or lie, that remains unknown ofcourse. Martijn On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 8:39 PM

Re: [Ubuntu-be] where to find this in Belgium ? Asus netbook (EEE 1225C) with Ubuntu 12.04

2012-09-12 Thread Y P
Hi Martijn, I'm not sure you're right, but things can change: a few years ago I saw the EEE 900 or 901 @ MediaM. for €390 (Win) while the same device was available with Xandros for €299; so this is (/was) more than only €7. The problem with the 1225C is that it doesn't seem to be available any

Re: [Ubuntu-be] where to find this in Belgium ? Asus netbook (EEE 1225C) with Ubuntu 12.04

2012-09-06 Thread martijn cielen
Forget the WIndows-tax for EEE-pc's. If you want a refund you'll get € 7. Been there, haven't done it. Manufacturers pay almost nothing for netbook-licenses, so just pay the 7 Euro and keep the license for when you sell the toy. On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 12:17 AM, Y P wrote: > I have no any plans t

Re: [Ubuntu-be] where to find this in Belgium ? Asus netbook (EEE 1225C) with Ubuntu 12.04

2012-09-06 Thread Y P
I have no any plans to litigate with a local reseller or any media.market-alike mega / giga / hyper store! Just want to buy an Ubuntu-ready or a system-free netbook. Don't want anyway to pay for a Win 7 that I have to remove! Y P On Thu, Sep 06, 2012 at 07:11:16AM -0700, Willem Hulscher wr

Re: [Ubuntu-be] where to find this in Belgium ? Asus netbook (EEE 1225C) with Ubuntu 12.04

2012-09-06 Thread Y P
I don't understand ! IMHO I can't imagine a manufacturer such as Asus making offers of new Linux-based EEE devices without being sure they'll going to work fine! Y P On Thu, Sep 06, 2012 at 12:17:31PM +0200, Etienne Saliez wrote: > > The first priority is to find hardware configurations, i

Re: [Ubuntu-be] where to find this in Belgium ? Asus netbook (EEE 1225C) with Ubuntu 12.04

2012-09-06 Thread Wouter Vandenneucker
Je zou de laptop ook gewoon altijd in't buitenland kunnen bestellen en hem laten overkomen.. 2012/9/6 Willem Hulscher > Well, in France there was a lawsuit were somebody has won to get his money > back from a windows computer. The case was that it is forbidden to do tying > sales. He did not wan

Re: [Ubuntu-be] where to find this in Belgium ? Asus netbook (EEE 1225C) with Ubuntu 12.04

2012-09-06 Thread Willem Hulscher
Well, in France there was a lawsuit were somebody has won to get his money back from a windows computer. The case was that it is forbidden to do tying sales. He did not want to have windows, but there were not other computers (only Mac ofcourse, but he did not want that either). He bought the ma

Re: [Ubuntu-be] where to find this in Belgium ? Asus netbook (EEE 1225C) with Ubuntu 12.04

2012-09-06 Thread Etienne Saliez
The first priority is to find hardware configurations, in which all components are certainly known to be Linux compatible ! Etienne Saliez On 09/05/2012 11:04 PM, Y P wrote: > Hello Dear Ubunteros! > > some friend of mine (maybe me too) is looking after the Asus EEE 1225C, > since that machine

Re: [Ubuntu-be] where to find this in Belgium ? Asus netbook (EEE 1225C) with Ubuntu 12.04

2012-09-06 Thread Oliver Devoogdt
als ze niet bij de asus groothandels verkocht worden dan wordt het njet. Ik denk zelfs dat hij niet bestaat voor België (dus met een Belgische Azerty), we zijn nu éénmaal een kleine markt he. Wel de 1225B gevonden (deze is wel met W7)   Ik ga binnenkort mijn eigen webshop opstarten met BTO lapt

Re: [Ubuntu-be] where to find this in Belgium ? Asus netbook (EEE 1225C) with Ubuntu 12.04

2012-09-05 Thread Wouter Vandenneucker
Hey YP I just checked tweakers.net and they also don't list a price. Therefor I think they might not (yet) be available in NL or BE. Though I'm not totally sure of it. The Asus website fails to answer that question as well. Kind Regards Wouter Vandenneucker 2012/9/5 Y P > Hello Dear Ubuntero