Re: [Fsfe-uk] Buying a GNU+Linux netbook/notebook

[Jon Grant]

Sam Tuke wrote, On 11/01/11 10:25:
> On Monday 10 January 2011 20:41:47 Jon Grant wrote:
> > Would be interesting to hear what other hardware "listers" run their
> > GNU+Linux distributions on too. Any running ARM or MIPS based machines
> > etc?
>
> Historical note: efficientpc.co.uk used to sell good GNU/Linux only machines and
> peripherals, but they ceased trading as they concluded that their job was done
> and GNU/Linux was available sufficiently widely for their services to no longer
> be necessary.

I think probably we need to see companies doing 50+ machine orders from 
the likes of Dell UK to see some more model variety (and being able to 
buy without Windows7 pre-installed)

http://www.dell.co.uk/ubuntu

The prices aren't that bad:

Dell Studio XPS 7100 Desktop £349
Athlon II X4 630 (2.8GHz),2GB RAM, 320GB HD

Dell Inspiron 15R Laptop Intel i3 2.4Ghz
3GB RAM, 25GB HD  £399

The main prob is no customisations of the laptop..

Best regards, Jon