[Gllug] Notebook running Linux

Rich Walker rw at shadowrobot.com
Fri Dec 1 15:26:36 UTC 2006


"Aaron Trevena" <aaron.trevena at gmail.com> writes:

> On 27/11/06, Pooly <pooly7 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> my laptop burned 2 months ago and I'm shopping around to replace it.
>> Ideally I don't want to have it pre-installed with Windows, do you
>> know where I could buy one ?
>> So far I've found transtec.co.uk but they don't sell to individuals...
>> Any help appreciated !
>
> I bought my current laptop (hp/compaq nx6110) direct from HP, it's not
> a flashy consumer laptop, and so comes in a nice matt black, really
> comfortable trackpad and is a very good 'no nonsense' laptop.

I tend to buy a surplus laptop from Morgan or Sterling. If you get a
slightly old one with no OS, you can usually get the really compact/slim
versions... My current is a Thinkpad X21 or X22, and I'm looking at an
X30. 



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