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On 17/11/12 15:19, GT wrote:
I ended up buying a laptop with w7 on that I couldn’t get a refund for - it worked out cheaper than buying one without which was bloody annoying but £60 is a lot of difference and I may rite a windows killer in the windows on it one day...On 16/11/12 14:33, Matt Lee wrote:I've had a nightmare trying to buy a GNU/Linux laptop lately, in the end I wound up buying a 'whitebook' -- essentially a barebones laptop where you can customize the CPU, and more importantly, the graphics card and wifi adapter. Full spec for my new machine is up at: http://lttam.wordpress.com/2012/11/15/custom-laptops-are-now-a-reality/ These machines are typically used for gamers, but lucky for us, there is a gaming network card company who happens to be owned by Atheros, so we can buy their cards and get good support in Linux. Best, matt -- Matt Lee http://www.linkedin.com/in/metamattlAnother possible (UK) source might be http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/laptop-computers/I have no experience of them but I am currently "considering my options" so if anyone else has knowledge of them do tell.GT
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