The secret
mechanic wrote:
On Tue, 4 May 2021 14:46:06 +0100, Jeff Layman wrote:
In Europe have a look here if you want a laptop:
<https://laptopwithlinux.com/>
Any of those with Win10 will cost extra.
These are nice, and the NUCs on the site are too.
As most anybody nowadays will throw away their equipment as
soon as a trace of dust is visible on it, ebay is a good source for components, if you avoid to fall prey to a junk-seller. Much money
to be saved thus, and still usable parts rescued from the dump.
Regards,
H.
On 04/05/2021 14:27, Janis Papanagnou wrote:
On 04.05.2021 14:10, Heinz Schmitz wrote:
Debian Bastard wrote:
[...] So buying a PC or
laptop without Windows will simply cost you more. Most stores
however simply refuse you to sell the PC or laptop if you don't
want Windows.
Buy the components and build your own PC. Bill will never know
:-).
(I haven't read the triple-posted rant of the OP; looked like
spam.)
Hereabouts there are companies who sell PCs with Linux
pre-installed, and other companies that sell "empty" notebooks
(without OS) at least for students, and these PCs are also
cheaper without the MS license. Assembling one is, of course,
another option since decades where all components in the PC
market are widely standardized. Occasionally there's a chance
that you can inherit an older Windows PC from your company that
fits well for a resource-efficient Linux installation. (Been
there just recently.) These days I plan to de-Apple a macbook
that hasn't been updated (for "political" reasons) since many
years and refuses to continue running with the old MacOS-X. Who
cares what MS does when there's still enough options. (The
producers of drivers and applications is the bigger problem.)
Lots of choices here:
<https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=hardware>
In Europe have a look here if you want a laptop: <https://laptopwithlinux.com/>
Any of those with Win10 will cost extra.
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