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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It's certainly possible to disable UEFI on a
Acer Aspire V5, Model ZHL</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>because I bought one from Argos for 250£ and then
got Marsh Computers</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>to rip out the UEFI protection. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(After W8 persuaded me that Microsoft</FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2> still hates its customers.)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It's currently running Slackware 14 adequately
well.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>How they did the deed I do not know.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Apparently the first hurdle was getting at the
BIOS</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>after which the appropriate setting was changed to
Legacy.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>After that it was all down to fdisk and
stuff.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tom</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:jdkaye@riseup.net" title=jdkaye@riseup.net>Jonathan Kaye</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:kent@mailman.lug.org.uk" title=kent@mailman.lug.org.uk>Kent Linux
User Group - General Topics</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, July 15, 2014 5:22
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Klug-general] buying a
laptop without windows</DIV>
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<DIV class=moz-cite-prefix>Roger Gammans wrote il 14/07/14 19:24:<BR
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"
cite="mid:a409e0b1-5541-4f28-b439-48ce0135b466@email.android.com">There are
a couple:-<BR><BR>( I've not used any yet - reports welcome )<BR><BR><A
href="http://Pcspecialist.co"
moz-do-not-send="true">Pcspecialist.co</A>.UK<BR></BLOCKQUOTE>Pcspecialist is
definitely out of my price range. I was hoping for something in the 200£ -
400£ range. <BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"
cite="mid:a409e0b1-5541-4f28-b439-48ce0135b466@email.android.com"><A
href="http://Novatech.co"
moz-do-not-send="true">Novatech.co</A>.UK<BR></BLOCKQUOTE>This is much more
promising. The <SPAN>Novatech nPro N1574 looks like a winner.<BR></SPAN>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"
cite="mid:a409e0b1-5541-4f28-b439-48ce0135b466@email.android.com"><BR>There
may be others too, but those are the ones I've heard of. Which might bode
well.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE>To give you an idea of what I'm after, have a look at
the price & specs of Dell's Inspiron 15 laptop.<BR><A
class=moz-txt-link-freetext
href="http://www.dell.com/uk/p/inspiron-15-3531-laptop/pd?oc=cn53102">http://www.dell.com/uk/p/inspiron-15-3531-laptop/pd?oc=cn53102</A><BR>My
only misgiving is how to totally & completely remove Windows 8 (no,
I don't want to dual boot; I want a linux-only machine.)<BR>Does anyone know
how difficult it is to get around the UEFI problem?<BR><BR>Thanks again for
your help and brevity is the soul of wit as someone once
said.<BR>Cheers,<BR>Jonathan<BR>
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