[Klug-general] buying a laptop without windows

[Chris Jeffries]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/351060005728?clk_rvr_id=666555051046

heres the link for the samsung chromebook for anyone interested.

and the acer one

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/351073019343?clk_rvr_id=666557438375

I ordered one for my mother in law, and she is extremely impressed with it,
I am not sure if that is good news or bad news...


http://www.floatingworks.co.uk

++44 1843595991


On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 9:53 AM, Dan Attwood <danattwood at gmail.com> wrote:

> you can use crouton to put linux on a chromebook and have access to both
> chromeos and the a full linux install
>
>
>
> On 15 July 2014 09:03, Chris Jeffries <chris at floatingworks.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Probably not strictly what you are looking for, but there are some
>> refurbished chromebooks around about the £140 mark. The Samsung one with
>> the smallish ssd, and the Acer version with the bigger drive. Not sure what
>> the Linux possibilities are with chrome books are but might be worth a
>> look. I think tesco and Argos eBay outlets are where they are selling them.
>>  On Jul 15, 2014 8:40 AM, "Nathan Friend" <nathan.friend at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > http://www.dell.com/uk/business/p/xps-13-linux/pd hefty price tag
>> though.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 6:22 AM, Thomas Edward Groves <
>> teg451013 at freeuk.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> It's certainly possible to disable UEFI on a Acer Aspire V5, Model ZHL
>> >> because I bought one from Argos for 250£ and then got Marsh Computers
>> >> to rip out the UEFI protection.
>> >> (After W8 persuaded me that Microsoft still hates its customers.)
>> >>
>> >> It's currently running Slackware 14 adequately well.
>> >>
>> >> How they did the deed I do not know.
>> >> Apparently the first hurdle was getting at the BIOS
>> >> after which the appropriate setting was changed to Legacy.
>> >> After that it was all down to fdisk and stuff.
>> >>
>> >> Tom
>> >>>
>> >>> ----- Original Message -----
>> >>> From: Jonathan Kaye
>> >>> To: Kent Linux User Group - General Topics
>> >>> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 5:22 AM
>> >>> Subject: Re: [Klug-general] buying a laptop without windows
>> >>>
>> >>> Roger Gammans wrote il 14/07/14 19:24:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> There are a couple:-
>> >>>>
>> >>>> ( I've not used any yet - reports welcome )
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Pcspecialist.co.UK
>> >>>
>> >>> Pcspecialist is definitely out of my price range. I was hoping for
>> something in the 200£ - 400£ range.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Novatech.co.UK
>> >>>
>> >>> This is much more promising. The Novatech nPro N1574 looks like a
>> winner.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> There may be others too, but those are the ones I've heard of. Which
>> might bode well.
>> >>>
>> >>> To give you an idea of what I'm after, have a look at the price &
>> specs of Dell's Inspiron 15 laptop.
>> >>> http://www.dell.com/uk/p/inspiron-15-3531-laptop/pd?oc=cn53102
>> >>> 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.)
>> >>> Does anyone know how difficult it is to get around the UEFI problem?
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanks again for your help and brevity is the soul of wit as someone
>> once said.
>> >>> Cheers,
>> >>> Jonathan
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