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/_PowerNoteComparisonChart.aspx > > OK, they have some nice looking machines and the "no OS" > option is $120 cheaper than windows ex-pee home. Now if > only they would also pre-install Linux so I knew everything > worked :-(.
The basic CPU+mainboard+display stuff will work for basically any laptop (in my experience). The trick is to take a Knoppix CD etc into the shop and do an lspci....but that kinda defeats the purpose of buying online eh? Give them a call and see if they can send you the output of an lspci etc. You might be surprised :) James -- Them as has, gets. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
