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

Gavin Coles gavin at indie-it.com
Tue Jul 15 10:00:53 UTC 2014


Hi Jonathan,

Ebuyer: http://bit.ly/1yliyuO

Not a brilliant spec. but it is your price range and comes with Ubuntu
pre-installed.

Or determine if you purchase a laptop with Windows pre-installed whether
the manufacturer will refund you the cost of the licence:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_refund#License_refund_policy

On 15/07/14 06:22, kent-request at mailman.lug.org.uk wrote:

> Hi all,
> Does anyone know if it is possible to buy a laptop in the UK without
> Windows preinstalled on it?  I am deathly afraid of what M$ has done to
> the UEFI/firmware settings so as to make the system unusable for linux.
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
> Jonathan

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Gavin Coles

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