[wellylug] Clean laptops for Linux.
Jethro Carr
jethro.carr at jethrocarr.com
Tue Jul 12 22:21:45 NZST 2011
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,
I quote:
> "Personally I aim for the HP laptops/netbooks, and that is mainly
> because they can do a number of models without Legacy OS licences. You
> should be able to get them through your regular supplier .. although I
> know that we at Catalyst have done a bit of bugging at HP through Ascent
> http://wwww.ascent.co.nz to get them available."
>
>
> They generally aren't listed as a regular product, a custom order. And
> not all products.
>
> http://www.ascent.co.nz/Category.aspx?majorcatID=46
>
> You'll need to email sales at ascent.co.nz about it. It's been about a
> year that they have been more open to selling without the Windows
> licence in NZ, although if you bugged them hard enough (as we had done)
> they would do it.
regards,
jethro
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Jethro Carr
www.jethrocarr.com
www.amberdms.com
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