[Ubuntu-Au Dinner]

[Sridhar Dhanapalan]

On Monday 08 January 2007 20:20, Andrew Swinn <andrew at swinndesign.com> wrote:
> On Monday 08 January 2007 19:39, SMOK wrote:
> > I went to Dick Smith shop and (of course) one of the sale guys asked me
> > "can I help you?".
> > I asked for a laptop with the Linux installed.
> > Robert
>
> Expecting any staff member of any Dick Smith store (now owned, along with
> Tandy, by the Woolworths Corporation) to provide sound advice is a
> pointless mission. I am surprised that he even knew what a Mac was.

Dick Smith New Zealand is considerably better (although I think the owners may 
be different). Search for 'linux' at dse.com.au and dse.co.nz and the 
disparity will be obvious.


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