[ubuntu-uk] When buying a new pc...

[Jon Reynolds]

When I bought my net book from Currys, I chose the one I wanted and was
at the counter literally about to insert my card to pay when I said,
"hang on, before I pay for this do you mind if I just try booting from a
USB stick to see if Ubuntu works?"

The guy said, yeah no problem. So we went back to the display model and
he let me try it out. It worked fine so I bought it.

I think I got lucky though, as the guy said he was an Ubuntu user ;)

Jon Reynolds

On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 03:10:37PM +0100, Markie wrote:
> Lets say your want to buy a new PC and keep the bundled windows etc on
> there, but you wish to install Ubuntu into a new partition / disc. If you
> cant find anyone whos used your PC with Ubuntu before and you dont find it
> listed here https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport, then would you / could
> you go to the store with your live CD and try it out to make sure your not
> going to have any hardware compatibility issues?
> 
> Has anyone done this? What was the reaction from the store when you asked?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Markie

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