HCL's Leaptop model comes with Ubuntu and FreeDos <br><a href="http://www.hclstore.in/hclleaptops">http://www.hclstore.in/hclleaptops</a><br><br>Here is an interesting guy in Switzerland, who got refund from HP, Dell and Lenovo computers. I wish to do the same here on my next laptop.<br>
<a href="http://ernstfamily.ch/jonathan/2009/03/hp-refunds-520-of-software/">http://ernstfamily.ch/jonathan/2009/03/hp-refunds-520-of-software/</a><br><br>cheers,<br><br>Mathew<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 1:43 PM, ranjith s <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ranjith.sajeev@gmail.com" target="_blank">ranjith.sajeev@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">go for asus aspire series <br>Lot of laptops with freedos or linupus preloaded<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
<div><div></div><div>On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Jain Johny <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jainmjo@gmail.com" target="_blank">jainmjo@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div></div><div><div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 11:42 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:antony.maliakal@wipro.com" target="_blank">antony.maliakal@wipro.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">hi</font></span></div>
<div> </div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">i've been planning
on buying a laptop for ages</font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">but all the laptops
nowadays are coming with windows vista preloaded</font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">isnt there any
option where i can opt for freedos coz i'm planning on only loading debian on
it</font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">so there actually is
no point of vista for me</font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">im looking at dell
studio or xps, asus G51 series and msi GT series laptops</font></span></div>
<div> </div></div></blockquote><div> </div></div><div>If the laptop you like to buy comes with Windows, Only thing you can do is to try to get refund for unused windows. Talk to the vendor and see if it is possible to get refund if you do not agree to Windows EULA. I talked to Dell once and they said "Dont buy laptop if you dont want Windows" :-(</div>
<div>But you may be luckier than me ;-)</div><div><div></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div>
</div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">any thoughts if i
can get something without windows on it</font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">i think its a waste
of cash, if im getting vista but upgrading to debian anyway</font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Arial" size="2">thats
y</font></span></div>
<div> </div></div></blockquote></div></div><br><br>-- <br>Regards,<br><font color="#888888">Jain Johny<br>
</font><br></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
ILUG Cochin Mailing List<br>
<a href="http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/" target="_blank">http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/</a><br>
<a href="mailto:Mailinglist@ilug-cochin.org" target="_blank">Mailinglist@ilug-cochin.org</a><br>
<a href="http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org" target="_blank">http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org</a><br>
#<a href="mailto:ilugkochi@irc.freenode.net" target="_blank">ilugkochi@irc.freenode.net</a><br>
<br></blockquote></div><font color="#888888"><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Regards<br><br>Ranjith Siji<br><a href="http://www.itpublic.org.in" target="_blank">http://www.itpublic.org.in</a><br>Open Source Technologies<br>
</font><br>_______________________________________________<br>
ILUG Cochin Mailing List<br>
<a href="http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/" target="_blank">http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/</a><br>
<a href="mailto:Mailinglist@ilug-cochin.org" target="_blank">Mailinglist@ilug-cochin.org</a><br>
<a href="http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org" target="_blank">http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org</a><br>
#<a href="mailto:ilugkochi@irc.freenode.net" target="_blank">ilugkochi@irc.freenode.net</a><br>
<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>m a t h e w c h a c k o<br>Certified Scrum Master<br>Rediscover the web - <a href="http://getfirefox.com/" target="_blank">http://getfirefox.com/</a><br><a href="http://www.openoffice.org/" target="_blank">http://www.openoffice.org/</a> a safer Office Productivity Tool<br>
Discover the rock solid Ubuntu OS - <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">http://www.ubuntu.com</a><br>