good deal on Linux notebook (today only)

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| From: William Muriithi <william.muriithi-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>

| On 13 January 2012 20:52, Sammy Lao <sammy.lao-OvU2V46eqDdvgyatUqoQW0B+6BGkLq7r at public.gmane.org> wrote:
| > I am at best buy right now.
| >
| > $399 will get you an ugly 15.6 inch i3 with 4gb of ddr3 ram.
| >
| > There is a white Samsung net book for $249 -- open box. The Acer net
| > book has a regular price of $259.
| 
| Were these netbooks selling with Linux installed? I am interested in a
| netbook that ship with Linux and have bluetooth to tether with Black
| berry

I don't think that Best Buy would ever sell a notebook with Linux
preloaded.

If you exclude a brief period where netbooks came with Linux, I don't
think any mass-market storefront has sold netbooks or notebooks with
Linux preloaded.

As pathetic as it is, Dell's modest offerings of notebooks preloaded
with Linux is as good as it gets.

On the other hand, I think Sammy's organization will sell you
refurbished notebooks with Linux pre-installed.
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