<p>Could try misco recon laptops. Bought a thinkpad T500 for circa £289 + 8gb ram circa £40 comes with xp. Does the job for me no issues with the T500.</p>
<p>Or <a href="http://ict-direct.co.uk">ict-direct.co.uk</a></p>
<p>Happy hunting</p>
<p>Stephen</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 18, 2012 8:43 AM, "John Rose" <<a href="mailto:john.aaron.rose@gmail.com">john.aaron.rose@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
My laptop is failing. So, can anybody recommend suppliers for a desktop<br>
(modest configuration and therefore cheap) without paying the Windoze<br>
tax.<br>
<br>
I want to stick with Ubuntu or similar preferably with Gnome2 but<br>
definitely without Gnome3 or Unity. What are the pros &cons between<br>
Linux Mint 12 and Ubuntu (e.g. Lucid and reverting to Gnome2 when<br>
Precise is released)?<br>
<br>
<br>
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