[Techtalk] Windows-free laptop in Australia

[Tracey Clark]

And it was said by Carlo Hamalainen-->
> Does anyone know if it is possible to buy new laptops in Australia
> without XP? It seems that all brand name laptops (Acer, Ibm, etc) force
> you to pay the MS tax, as some people would say.

In addition to looking at "bare bones" (no OS installed) or build it
yourself laptops, another option is a laptop with Linux preinstalled. A
friend of mine has one of these:
http://www.linuxcertified.com/linux_laptops.html

The one drawback to LinuxCertified laptops is that their tech support is
less than optimal if you don't keep their pre-installed version of Linux
that came with the laptop.

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Tracey
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