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Neil Winchurst wrote: > Paul Sutton wrote: > >> Simon Robert wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 2008-07-09 at 06:59 +0800, Steve Ellis wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> I have just ordered a new laptop which will come with XP. >>>> >>>> I have no intension of using XP. >>>> >>>> Does anyone know if you can and how you get a refund for XP that is >>>> supplied with the laptop? >>>> >>>> I remember a few stories of this sort of thing in the past. >>>> >>>> Has anyone done it & is it worth doing it? >>>> >>>> Thanks Steve >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> Looking at this, what would it take to have sponsor banners on the lug >> site or links to recommended companies, for say £10 one off charge or >> per year, that way we can recommend businesses who either directly >> support OSS, or do things like this, which benefit us non Windows users. >> >> Paul >> >> > I live in Holsworthy and we have a local computer shop, PC-PlanIt which > I use. They built me a computer two years ago, to my spec. They know > that I never use Windows and they were perfectly happy to provide the > computer with no OS installed. And no, they did not charge me for Windows. > > And even better, a couple of the people who work there use Linux > themselves and are not phased by it. > > Neil Winchurst > > Hi im sure i should not advertise a site but you can get laptops/desktops from a site called novatech, i just built my system from hardware bought there.might be worth a look,with or without os. alex the noob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html