On Friday 13 January 2012 12:50:12 alan c wrote:
> With a current thread I have seen about laptop buying in mind, I
> called in to Novatech Reading on my travels. I spoke to the Manager
> Alex Burrows. I had discussed Ubuntu etc with him on a previous
> occasion or two over the years and received agreement in principle to
> try out Ubuntu on specific kit by arrangement (at non busy times).
>
> This time I was happily surprised to find that if I (or anyone else)
> wanted to try Ubuntu on any particular product then he had it already
> on a USB stick ('firestick' was the term he used). I mentioned the
> larger range of laptops available at the Portsmouth store - there were
> 6 laptops on display at Reading but a lot more on the web site
> (Portsmouth, I guess). Alex then added that the (Area/store) Manager
> at the Portsmouth store (John Leslie) would be also happy to fire up
> Ubuntu, again, preferably by pre arrangement for non busy times.
Okay, many thanks Alan. This is good news, though suffers from the
problem that non-busy times are likely to be whenever I'm at work.
It does sound like it's worth my time checking out which of their
laptops I'm most interested in, and contacting them.
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