[wellylug] Clean laptops for Linux.

[Donald Rogers]

On 12/07/11 23:51, Daniel Reurich wrote:
> On 12/07/11 22:21, Jethro Carr wrote:
>> On Tue, 2011-07-12 at 21:28 +1200, Daniel Reurich wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Is their reasonable interest withing this community for portable 
>>> devices
>>> (tablets, netbooks, notebooks and laptops) without the usual bundled
>>> proprietary software?
>>>
>>> I ask because I am working on a potential arrangement whereby I will be
>>> able to get some product into NZ without any bundled OS licenses, and
>>> I'm trying to work out whether I can do so at prices and in volumes 
>>> that
>>> would make this a worthwhile.
>>
>> FYI,
>>
>> Ian Beardslee (on NZOSS) has managed to get FreeDOS laptops via Ascent,
>
> Hi Jethro,
>
> Yes, and that's good!  I've had another supplier say they can provide 
> most HP "business models" as well with FreeDOS as the OS too, but in 
> both cases it's 4 to 6 weeks wait.  I'm hoping for less then 7 day 
> turn around...
Hi Daniel

How are you getting on with this? I am not in the market for a laptop at 
present, but with a year or so I might be. I definitely don't want one 
with a MS OS on it.

Donald