[Ubuntu-ch] Brand-name Laptops and PCs with Ubuntu preinstalled

[Dominik Picek]

good news and a step forward :-)

it will be a good option for our projects on linside.com or linput.com.
I will discuss it on
our next internal meeting.

Cheers,
Dominic


Myriam Rita Schweingruber wrote:
> Hi Ramon,
>
> that is just brilliant! Kudos for all the work, FSC is definitely in the line 
> to be my next Laptop :)
>
> Congrats and well done!
>
> Myriam
>
>
> On Friday 09 November 2007 09.46:26 Ramon Cahenzli wrote:
>   
>> Hello ch-list
>>
>> I hope this is not considered spamming, but I found the timing of Arthur
>> van Dorp's request for an Ubuntu-preinstalled PC very extraordinary and it
>> might bring my announcement into better context:
>>
>> Starting today, I can offer a huge array of Fujitsu-Siemens computers (FSC)
>> with Ubuntu preinstalled! No Windows tax involved either: No operating
>> system other than Ubuntu has ever gotten anywhere near these machines.
>> We're starting with just a few models and taking it from there.
>>
>> Additionally, Fujitsu-Siemens has agreed to let us offer very special
>> prices for students, faculty and staff of Swiss universities and other
>> higher education institutions. The prices are extremely attractive with up
>> to 20% off retail.
>>
>> We are a certified Ubuntu OEM (cert in progress) and are selling our
>> selection through two stores:
>>
>> http://ubuntu.zhdk.ch (the store with extra-low student/educational prices)
>> http://ch.lincomp.eu (the store for everyone, under the Lincomp brand)
>>
>> A desktop machine, as Arthur was interested in, will be added to our
>> selection in the coming weeks. However: If you see anything in the
>> Fujitsu-Siemens lineup that you would like to order with Ubuntu on it,
>> please let me know and I'm sure I can arrange something. Also, if you're
>> thinking about equipping an office with several new machines and want to
>> install the OS yourself (no-OS option), I can help too.
>>
>> Through Marcus Möller's Lincomp label and store, we're currently supplying
>> machines and Ubuntu books to Switzerland and Germany, but all of Europe is
>> the target in the end.
>>
>> Our hardware warranty and support is handled directly through our hardware
>> partner and they are totally clued-in about this Ubuntu business, so you
>> won't get any "but we don't cover machines that had LUNIX on them!!!!!"
>> nonsense when asking for hardware support.
>>
>> The machines themselves are almost hand-built in Germany. FSC is one of the
>> few manufacturers that still believe in Europe as a manufacturing location
>> instead of outsourcing everything to Taiwan, and that's one of the reasons
>> I've picked them. I was actually inside the FSC factory in Augsburg,
>> Germany yesterday and watched people build individual mainboards and entire
>> individually constructed PCs. It's quite impressive and worthy of
>> supporting, IMHO. Additionally, they're getting very green right about now,
>> with lines of power-saving computers and servers, a line of mainboards
>> manufactured without some of the toxic components you find in others etc.
>> They seem to have some sort of conscience.
>>
>>
>>
>> Those of you who know me might remember how I've been talking about this
>> store for several months already. Now things have been arranged, the right
>> people have been talked to. It took longer than I thought, but now it's
>> finally real, and I'm very happy and relieved!
>>
>> As a last idea, if any of you would be interested in cooperating here,
>> offering the same products through your own store or company, the
>> groundwork is done now. It will now be much easier to do this, at least
>> with
>> Fujitsu-Siemens products. Just let me know.
>>
>> Now: </spam> :)
>>
>> Ramon
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