I've been very pleased with my PC Specialist laptop.
For other laptop (and other hardware) Novatech in Portsmouth has been very
useful as you can purchase PCs and laptops without preinstalled Windows,
so you don't have to pay for an OS that you immediately replace with
another.
Andy
> +1 from me for PC Specialist; I bought both a laptop (pre-UEFI) and a
> desktop (UEFI) PC from them, and I had no problem at all installing
> Linux (Mint) on them. They also give you the capability to tailor the
> basic specification (choice of CPU, RAM, HDD/SSD, optical drive, ...)
> according to your desire for power vs cost.
>
> Ian
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> On 04/11/16 09:18, Stephen Nelson-Smith via Hampshire wrote:
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>>
>> On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 5:58 PM, Peter Alefounder via Hampshire
>> <hampshire@??? <mailto:hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> What is the best way to acquire a laptop running Linux these
>> days?
>>
>>
>> My friend has had great success with https://minifree.org/ --
>> especially if you're interested in the freedom (or otherwise) of the
>> lower level features of the system.
>>
>> S.
>>
>>
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