Just began my search for a laptop yesterday. I was able to "customize" a sweet laptop on Dell's site except for the fact that they insisted I choose a Microsoft OS and Office Suite. I even called them to ask if there was any way they would sell me a laptop without MS software on it. No dice. :( I'm new to the laptop universe (this'll be my first). Anyone know of anyone that will sell me a bare laptop? The only place I've found so far is www.gamepc.com - Jared On Tue Nov 20 10:53 am, you wrote: > Paul Overby <poverby at megsinet.net> wrote: > > I see Dell announced yesterday that it is offering Red hat on a couple > > of its new servers. > > > > http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/011119/192373_1.html > > That's neat, but I wish Dell didn't see Linux as a migration platform, but > rather as a `destination': > > http://www.dell.com/us/en/biz/topics/linux_linuxhome.htm > > The Register has an article on it that lines up pretty well with my > thoughts on that statement.. > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/22928.html > > (Wandering off the subject..) > > Personally, I could care less about desktops, but when I finally get a > laptop, I'd really like to have Linux pre-installed on it. I don't want > Microsoft's OS sales numbers to get any more inflated than they already > are. I'd rather get Linux, even if it's a crappy distro that I'll > overwrite anyway.