[Klug-general] Buying a laptop without Windows (Jonathan Kaye)

[Daniel Ellis]

I have used eBuyer for at least 8 years, it's my primary site for tech
related items, although they seem to be branching out to include many more
home related goods now. +1 would recommend.


On 15 July 2014 11:21, Jonathan Kaye <jdkaye at riseup.net> wrote:

> I am humbled and impressed by the quality and quantity of your
> responses. Already this has been extremely helpful. I am being so
> careful because the laptop is not for me but for a neighbour of mine who
> got stuck with an iPad and is looking for something a bit more useful. I
> live just across the road from her in Wesgate and can easily come to her
> aid if need be. She  hasn't used computers of any type before so she has
> no bad habits to unlearn. My one concern is that I recommend a computer
> with Windows8 with the intention of removing it completely (no dual
> boot) and then not being able to install linux because of the UEFI
> issue. At this point Gavin's suggestion of an HP 255 seems attractive.
> My only question concerns this ebuyer.com. Anyone have any experience
> with it? Is it pukka or a bit dodgy? I'm confused about their Buy
> together and save package which suggests Office 365. If it doesn't come
> with windows (just Ubuntu) then why one earth would anyone want to pay
> extra for Office? Libreoffice costs nothing.
>
> Anyway thanks to all of you Kluggers for your kind assistance.
> Jonathan
>
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