On 07/06/15 10:53, alan c wrote:
On 07/06/15 10:50, alan c wrote:
I was very interested in the HP laptops on EBuyer - Ubuntu pre installed.
'..HP ProBook 455 Notebook PC is powered by an AMD A10-7300 APU with
AMD Radeonâ„¢ R6 Graphics. ..'
On 07/06/15 11:23, Colin Law wrote:
On 7 June 2015 at 10:50, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote:
I was very interested in the HP laptops on EBuyer - Ubuntu pre installed.
'..HP ProBook 455 Notebook PC is powered by an AMD A10-7300 APU with AMD
Radeonâ„¢ R6 Graphics. ..'
On 07/06/15 18:35, Simon Greenwood wrote:
It's probably more about the training that HP's support teams have been
given. Until very recently the support cycle of most PCs would assume that
they had the same OS throughout their lifespan because few people even
upgrade the version of Windows they
It's probably more about the training that HP's support teams have been
given. Until very recently the support cycle of most PCs would assume that
they had the same OS throughout their lifespan because few people even
upgrade the version of Windows they use, so to allow the people on the
phones to
On 7 June 2015 at 10:50, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote:
I was very interested in the HP laptops on EBuyer - Ubuntu pre installed.
'..HP ProBook 455 Notebook PC is powered by an AMD A10-7300 APU with AMD
Radeon™ R6 Graphics. ..'
On 07/06/15 10:50, alan c wrote:
I was very interested in the HP laptops on EBuyer - Ubuntu pre installed.
'..HP ProBook 455 Notebook PC is powered by an AMD A10-7300 APU with
AMD Radeonâ„¢ R6 Graphics. ..'
http://www.ebuyer.com/705955-hp-455-quad-core-laptop-l8b56es
then I came across the
Hi there . Last week at the local LUG meet, I was talking to a guy
who told me about Cougar Extreme: http://www.cougar-extreme.co.uk/ who
sell barebones computers. I have been talking to Patrick at Cougar, who
tells me they are quite willing to supply pre-installed and to test with
On Mon, 2011-08-08 at 12:34 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote:
I wonder if it would be possible for Cougar to create a page on their
website advertising Ubuntu PCs? I couldn't see one when I looked, but
if Cougar could do that, I'm sure it would help them lots more
exposure within the Ubuntu
On 8 August 2011 13:38, Barry Drake bdr...@crosswire.org wrote:
Patrick who said they would be delighted to supply pre-installed. I
guess they don't want to advertise so that folk come to them and then
need support with the OS.
Not sure that qualifies them to be linked to, does it?
The
On 8 August 2011 13:59, Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net wrote:
Not impressed, and I'm going to fire off an e-mail to them to tell them so.
I've asked them... their attitude sounds really bad, to be honest...
significantly worse than the PCWorld guy with the memory sticks that did
seem a breath
On 08/08/11 13:38, Barry Drake wrote:
On Mon, 2011-08-08 at 12:34 +0100, Chris Rowson wrote:
I wonder if it would be possible for Cougar to create a page on their
website advertising Ubuntu PCs? I couldn't see one when I looked, but
if Cougar could do that, I'm sure it would help them lots
On Mon, 2011-08-08 at 17:11 +0100, alan c wrote:
They might also be fearful of adverse consequences with their presumed
discount for MS OS's?
I don't think so. I talked this through thoroughly with pcspecialist.
It was all down to a question of full support. They tried selling a
range of
On Mon, 2011-08-08 at 18:13 +0100, Barry Drake wrote:
They tried selling a
range of equipment with Ubuntu pre-installed, and found that currently,
they were not up to giving Ubuntu OS support.
A manufacturer is legally obliged to give proper support, and this
applies to Cougar, so I fully
I don't know them, but I do live in Andover, so I might pop in.
Cheers,
Bodsda
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2009/3/25 Matt Jones m...@mattjones.me.uk:
In the past, that opinion was fairly valid. Now, the celerons are
actually quite speedy little chips, espescially for an Ubuntu box that
is going to run web/openoffice/music all day. As for recommending a
Via over the current (Dual core) celerons,
Eddie Bernard wrote:
2009/3/25 Matt Jones m...@mattjones.me.uk:
In the past, that opinion was fairly valid. Now, the celerons are
actually quite speedy little chips, espescially for an Ubuntu box that
is going to run web/openoffice/music all day. As for recommending a
Via over the current
Eddie Bernard wrote:
Tim Powys-Lybbe wrote:
Surely for the average user a LTS version would be better, such as 8.04?
Development versions and upgrades could raise severe antagonisms to you.
Fair cop, glad you pointed that out. I need to curb my enthusiasm for
always wanting to be
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 6:44 AM, Alan Bell
alan.b...@theopenlearningcentre.com wrote:
to offer a contrary view I would always go for the latest released
version fully updated. The customer is likely to update it anyway, or
think they are not getting the newest and shinyest operating system
On Thu, 2009-03-26 at 07:45 +, Sean Miller wrote:
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 6:44 AM, Alan Bell
alan.b...@theopenlearningcentre.com wrote:
to offer a contrary view I would always go for the latest released
version fully updated. The customer is likely to update it anyway, or
think they
Liam Proven wrote:
2009/3/25 Eddie Bernard edd...@gmail.com:
I'm looking to offer a base unit, 2GHz dual core Celeron (E1400) with
2GB DDR2 PC2-6400 RAM, and a 150GB SATA hdd. Graphics, sound and
ethernet are onboard.
My only comment - apart from to agree with those who commend
2009/3/26 Dave Morley davm...@davmor2.co.uk:
Looking at the hardware, you're looking at about 110-130 plus 20 for
national delivery plus a bit for you so lets say 180 a unit-ish.
You're in the area I'm looking at... but my raw costs are higher than
130, and I thought I'd sourced everything
Liam Proven wrote:
2009/3/25 Matt Jones m...@mattjones.me.uk:
In the past, that opinion was fairly valid. Now, the celerons are
actually quite speedy little chips, espescially for an Ubuntu box that
is going to run web/openoffice/music all day. As for recommending a
Via over the current
Eddie Bernard wrote:
2009/3/25 Jamie Bennett ja...@linuxuk.org:
Steve Cook wrote:
Here's your competition http://efficientpc.co.uk/
The Wraith, same system with 2gb of ram - £232.61. Nice looking little system
there.
Great - I can definitely beat that and by some way. I can't tell
--- On Thu, 26/3/09, Eddie Bernard edd...@gmail.com wrote:
From: Eddie Bernard edd...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu pre-installed computer prices
To: British Ubuntu Talk ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
Date: Thursday, 26 March, 2009, 9:52 AM
2009/3/26 Dave Morley davm...@davmor2.co.uk
Eddie Bernard edd...@gmail.com wrote:
Good morning everyone
First off, a declaration of interest, I'm in business selling desktop PCs.
However, to avoid accusations of spamming, I won't give further details
(unless you actually want them!)
My reason for contacting you all is a sort of
On 25/03/2009 10:05, Eddie Bernard wrote:
Good morning everyone
First off, a declaration of interest, I'm in business selling desktop
PCs. However, to avoid accusations of spamming, I won't give further
details (unless you actually want them!)
My reason for contacting you all is a sort of
Rob Beard wrote:
I'm looking to offer a base unit, 2GHz dual core Celeron (E1400) with
2GB DDR2 PC2-6400 RAM, and a 150GB SATA hdd. Graphics, sound and
ethernet are onboard. Like I said, I would install Ubuntu 8.10 (and,
of course, ubuntu 9.04 when it's released!) and run through the
update
On 25/03/2009 10:24, Jamie Bennett wrote:
Rob Beard wrote:
I'm looking to offer a base unit, 2GHz dual core Celeron (E1400) with
2GB DDR2 PC2-6400 RAM, and a 150GB SATA hdd. Graphics, sound and
ethernet are onboard. Like I said, I would install Ubuntu 8.10 (and,
of course, ubuntu 9.04
Hi Eddie,
I don't believe you're breaking any rules as such on this mailing
list. I personally think we should foster and encourage UK based
companies/individuals who seek to supply Ubuntu based computers. I'd
like to see more of this kind of discussion.
2009/3/25 Eddie Bernard edd...@gmail.com:
Tim Powys-Lybbe wrote:
Surely for the average user a LTS version would be better, such as 8.04?
Development versions and upgrades could raise severe antagonisms to you.
Fair cop, glad you pointed that out. I need to curb my enthusiasm for
always wanting to be on the bleeding edge...
Eddie
2009/3/25 Alan Pope a...@popey.com:
Hi Eddie,
I don't believe you're breaking any rules as such on this mailing
list. I personally think we should foster and encourage UK based
companies/individuals who seek to supply Ubuntu based computers. I'd
like to see more of this kind of discussion.
2009/3/25 Eddie Bernard edd...@gmail.com:
Cheers for the heads up. I'm just reading their website now... I
assume I would need to register for their system builder programme. I
don't suppose you know if that costs money?
You'd need to check with them, but I believe it does cost per-pc sold,
a
2009/3/25 Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk:
On 25/03/2009 10:24, Jamie Bennett wrote:
Rob Beard wrote:
I'm looking to offer a base unit, 2GHz dual core Celeron (E1400) with
2GB DDR2 PC2-6400 RAM, and a 150GB SATA hdd. Graphics, sound and
ethernet are onboard. Like I said, I would install Ubuntu
On 25/03/2009 11:47, Eddie Bernard wrote:
2009/3/25 Rob Beardr...@esdelle.co.uk:
On 25/03/2009 10:24, Jamie Bennett wrote:
Rob Beard wrote:
I'm looking to offer a base unit, 2GHz dual core Celeron (E1400) with
2GB DDR2 PC2-6400 RAM, and a 150GB SATA hdd. Graphics, sound
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Eddie Bernard wrote:
Good morning everyone
I have a price in mind for this machine (including UK mainland
delivery) - but I'm curious to hear what other people think might be a
fair price for it.
Here’s your competition
Steve Cook wrote:
Heres your competition http://efficientpc.co.uk/
The Wraith, same system with 2gb of ram - £232.61. Nice looking little system
there.
Regards,
Jamie
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2009/3/25 Jamie Bennett ja...@linuxuk.org:
Steve Cook wrote:
Here's your competition http://efficientpc.co.uk/
The Wraith, same system with 2gb of ram - Ł232.61. Nice looking little system
there.
Great - I can definitely beat that and by some way. I can't tell
whether this machine at this
Eddie Bernard wrote:
I think the market conditions are pretty difficult at the moment, too.
Understandably, perhaps, but then again I would have thought if
anything the lower end of the market would be attracting more
customers trying to get a cheap PC. Or maybe people just aren't buying
2009/3/25 Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk:
On 25/03/2009 11:47, Eddie Bernard wrote:
Do you think I might do better offering this machine with a 250GB
drive? Just wondering how much space a customer might need these
days...
You might be worth offering a 250GB drive if the cost difference isn't
Eddie Bernard wrote:
2009/3/25 Jamie Bennett ja...@linuxuk.org:
Steve Cook wrote:
Here's your competition http://efficientpc.co.uk/
The Wraith, same system with 2gb of ram - Ł232.61. Nice looking little system
there.
Great - I can definitely beat that and by some
Fantastic to see any entry to the market with a non-windows PC. At the
moment if we want to buy a desktop PC there are only a couple of places
in the UK we can get one without Windows. The commodity desktop PC
market is not a particularly nice place to be right now. The big boys
appear to be
2009/3/25 Matt Jones m...@mattjones.me.uk:
In the past, that opinion was fairly valid. Now, the celerons are
actually quite speedy little chips, espescially for an Ubuntu box that
is going to run web/openoffice/music all day. As for recommending a
Via over the current (Dual core) celerons,
In the past, that opinion was fairly valid. Now, the celerons are
actually quite speedy little chips, espescially for an Ubuntu box that
is going to run web/openoffice/music all day. As for recommending a
Via over the current (Dual core) celerons, they are quite a long way
behind in performance
Interesting discussion.
People are saying a Linux PC should be cheaper than Windows and - as
I've said before - I am firmly of the view that this is a perception
that we should seek to correct. The free in Linux is NOT as in
beer, and time and time again we keep reverting to this concept that
it
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