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On 18/04/13 22:01, Rob Beard wrote:
Yes, I was thinking of Novatech as one example for laptops without an OS installed. And the machine I bought for my daughter is a Zoostorm, which has proved fine so far.On 18/04/13 19:05, Neil Winchurst wrote:I am not up for building my own desktop, I do however use a company that will build one to order. As regards laptops, some suppliers will sell them without any OS installed.Yep, I'm sure there wouldn't be a problem with a machine built to order. Novatech do machines without Windows, as do eBuyer.com (look for the Zoostorm range). I believe Dell have (or are) releasing a range of notebooks with Ubuntu as are Alienware, and I'm pretty sure Asus have released a model of notebook in Germany with Linux installed, so machines are available. Even if you don't want to stick with the stock Ubuntu it should work well with other distros :-) (take the eMachines nettop I have for instance, it came with Linux, I can't remember exactly which variant, it might have been Linpus Linux, but now it runs Linux Mint). Rob
The company which built my current desk top for me is Elpatech.http://www.elpatech.co.uk which is worth a look. They will supply with no operating system or, for an extra Â10, will install Ubuntu 12.04.
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