Re: Purchase Redhat Laptop

["Stuart Halliday" <StuartH ecs-tech com>]

> I'm curious if anyone knows of any good places where I could purchase a
> laptop that has RHEL pre-installed.  A lot of the bigger companies like
> Dell, HP, and IBM sell Linux servers but are not in the market for
> selling home machines with Linux installed and I don't want to have to
> pay for Windows XP if I don't have too.
> 
> I called Dell a few days ago and asked the sales person if I could
> purchase a laptop with RHEL on it or if I could buy a computer without an
> OS.  She told me no for both questions after she told me that she had
> never had that question asked before.  I know Dell and Redhat have a
> partnership for their servers but I don't understand why they won't sell
> something that customers want.

I thought it was well known that when Microsoft sells Windows to a Computer OEM that said company is also not allowed to sell the same computers with no OS or with a different OS.

I've often asked DELL for a Desktop computer with no OS or with Linux on it. They do in the USA but not it seems in the UK.

Links to look at:

http://www.linux-laptop.net/

http://www.emperorlinux.com/

http://linuxcertified.com/gentoo-laptop.html