Buying a Small, Light Linux Notebook Computer? 1048
"I have no Windows software and will not be running any, not even via WINE. I have no
desire to go through the hassle of purchasing software I'm not going to use and
then fighting to get a token rebate that doesn't actually equate to the cost of a Windows license. Nor am I interested in buying a machine that was purchased with a Windows license, and simply having Windows erased with no refund given.
So far I've found iDot Computers, who will sell laptops with no OS installed. Unfortunately, their lightest,
smallest offering is a hefty 2.8kg brick, 3cm bigger than the iBook in width and depth. What I really want is something comparable to a Toshiba Libretto or Sony VAIO R505--except that neither of those companies want to sell me a machine without Windows.
I'm sure plenty of Slashdot readers have faced the same problem--what's the solution?"
performance (Score:5, Funny)
a Jedi craves not these things, only affordability.
money back (Score:3, Funny)
dunno (Score:0, Funny)
apple (Score:5, Funny)
Yao and mini-me use 'em, why can't you?
Re:Emperor Linux (Score:2, Funny)
no-performance (Score:1, Funny)
hmmm (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Simple solution: (Score:3, Funny)
You mean peel an Apple?
Re:powernotebooks.com (Score:5, Funny)
>while(reading_slashdot){++nerdiness;--so
IANAC (I am not a compiler) but I am guessing your generic C compiler might get pissy about not having a semi-colon before the ending brace.
Re:Powerbook 12" (Score:5, Funny)
Tell that to the guy that burned his penis.
Re:powernotebooks.com (Score:3, Funny)
while (reading_slashdot) nerdiness++, social_life--;
Re:powernotebooks.com (Score:4, Funny)
Re:hmmm (Score:5, Funny)
Winner, Most Disturbing Image of the Day.
Re:money back (Score:5, Funny)
Personally I prefer nipples
Re:money back (Score:4, Funny)
</rant>
I prefer the touch pads, personally, and Apple does make the best! Far superior to any I've used on a PC laptop (even some really nice ones [defined as whatever Orifice Depot has out for me to screw with when I'm in there, and that I cannot afford]).
Re:money back (Score:4, Funny)
I feel sorry for your girlfriend.
For some of us, it's no effort at all...
Re:money back (Score:3, Funny)
I'd bet that you wouldn't stand using the eraser-mouse either when it started to burn the skin from your fingertips after a heated gaming session (well, for the only computer I bought with one, more like a heated Solitare session, but that's still a game). Touchpads won't do that to you.
Re: I am Jack's MPW C compiler (Score:1, Funny)
This reminds me of one of my favorite compiler error messages:
Some other good ones:
Source: MacKido [mackido.com]
Re:money back (Score:5, Funny)
That sounds like the kind of thing that started a certain tea party in Boston...
Re:Fujitsu P2000 Series (Score:1, Funny)
"The award-winning product just got better."
Now isn't that informative?
Re:Metamatic - your answer. (Score:3, Funny)
Well we all knew what he meant, and clearly so did you. So what's your point?
"I will not purchase Windows!" (Score:3, Funny)