---- Eben King <eben01@verizon.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Apr 2010, Pete Theisen wrote:
>
> > Paul M Foster wrote:
> >
> >> Dell's got Ubuntu on laptops. My wife has one.
> >
> > They don't seem to have it on refurbs, though. Oh, well, I know how to
> > install linux, and how to use qparted to get rid of the old stuff, not to say
> > the w-word.
>
> Don't forget to nuke the restore partition too. IIRC the partition table on
> my Thinkpad was messed up courtesy of IBM, so a new partition table may be
> necessary.
> Compusa.com has a lot of under $400 laptops refurbished. Many come with XP Pro.
I have gotten two Thinkpads from them that were really clean. The windows that comes
with them is not loaded with the junk that comes with new computers.
They usually come free freight. I set them up dual boot in case I need Windows at work
or to help trouble shoot someone else computer.
Richard Smoot
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