I remember someone said there was alternative way instead refund windows license...
that means buy a linux pre-installed laptop? -----Original Message----- From: Cheng Renquan [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 11:25 AM To: ZHOU,JON (A-Singapore,ex1) Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; Harish Pillay Subject: Re: [Slugnet] buy laptop with linux pre-installed On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 10:19 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > hi there: > > which brand sells laptop with linux pre-installed? > > there are several type available with ubuntu linux from dell website, but > linux actually can not be customized in the OS option.. +1 interested audience for this question, The problem also happened to me 3 months ago when I need to buy a new laptop; within 2 weeks searching linux in websites and in real shops (Simlim/Funan/...) in sg, but in vain, HP/Dell only sell linux computers in other countries (USA/...), but not in SG; then for my emergency reason, I gave up, An alternative way may be to buy any a computer (foreseably almost all pre-installed windows), but decline that microsoft windows license, then ask refund of the never used windows license, like what Harish Pillay has done last November, http://harishpillay.livejournal.com/167796.html To Harish @redhat-sg: have you till now got the refund back? > > thanks > jon -- Cheng Renquan (程任全), Singapore
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