Re: [LUG] OT: Windows 7 is FREE (according to Dell)

[Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

NW wrote:
> Roland Tarver wrote:
>   
> > On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >     
> > > Hi folks,
> > >
> > > According to Dell, Windows 7 is now free.  At least that's what they told a
> > > customer when they tried to get a refund.
> > >
> > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/18/dell_windows_7_free/
> > >
> > > Rob
> > >       
> > I wish I had thought of that when I bought my 2 machines last year.
> > Next time I will! Haha!
> > Best wishes
> > Roly
> >
> >     
> In this country, UK, you can buy a laptop from the Linux Emporium which
> has Linux pre-installed and no sign of Windows. That way there is no
> need to bother with the hassle of trying to get a refund.
>
> Neil
>   
From what I've seen though they are very expensive, or it could be down 
to the specifications of the machines they are selling.  Cheapest laptop 
is about £580 (okay the spec is fairly reasonable, but overkill for say 
my mum and step-dad who have just bought a laptop).  Considering the 
Windows refund is only usually about £30 to £50 it's a bit of a premium 
to pay.

On the other hand, Novatech have got a laptop for £319.99 inc VAT with 
no operating system.  Has AMD Athlon X2 TK-42 (1.6GHz) CPU, ATI Radeon 
X1200 graphics, 250GB Hard drive, DVD-RW, 2GB Ram.

I've heard good things about Novatech, the machines I've used from 
Novatech however haven't been that great BUT that could be down to the 
fact that they weren't looked after properly and had broken cases and 
chunks missing out of them.  I'm sure if they were looked after (as with 
any notebook) they'd work well.

Rob


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