<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Dell is cheap but I think they use substandard parts </div><div>So you get what you pay for</div><div><br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Jan 7, 2013, at 10:42 AM, Darth Borehd <<a href="mailto:darth.borehd@gmail.com">darth.borehd@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Call Dell. They have Linux laptops and no O/S laptops (actually they come with freedos) available. <br><br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 6 January 2013 10:44, jim <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jim@well.com" target="_blank">jim@well.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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For the last five or so years I've bought<br>
my machines from Zareason in Berkeley. I<br>
like them because they thoroughly vet the<br>
matches of distros and machines.<br>
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On Sun, 2013-01-06 at 17:00 +0100, Vincenzo Ampolo wrote:<br>
> On 01/05/2013 11:15 PM, Richard S. Crawford wrote:<br>
> > I haven't bought a new laptop in years and now I'm considering one.<br>
> > Does anyone have a preferred vendor, hopefully one where I can buy a<br>
> > laptop that doesn't have a certain OS pre-installed?<br>
> Some dells come with ubuntu ;)<br>
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