www.discountpcsales.com On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, David Smeeton wrote: > I'm looking around for options in terms of buying a notebook without > paying the Microsoft tax. I've run into the following difficulties: > * VA Linux got out of the hardware business > * Penguin Computing doesn't have any notebooks > * TuxTops dropped its business to QLITech (which now has only two > ~$1650 models) > * Dell says they can't do it > * Gateway (Ha!) nevermind > * IBM supposedly has two models with Caldera preinstalled, but their > online sales site doesn't match the information on their linux > pages, and I'm not sure I want to pay that much > * Compaq doesn't sell any laptops with Linux > > Anyway, you get the idea. I've even looked at Apples, but they're > simply too expensive. Any ideas where I can get a laptop without > Windows? Ideally Linux would be preinstalled, but that's not a > requirement. Mainly I'm looking for cheap (the closer to the $1000 > mark, the better) and good battery life (I'll spring for the heavy > duty batteries if they're available)...and naturally hardware support > for Linux is a good thing. > > Am I overlooking any obvious options? Are there any local shops that > can do this? Am I doomed to pay MS for the privilege of having a > notebook? > > Thanks for your input, > > David > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >