<a href="http://www.system76.com/product_info.php?cPath=28&products_id=105">http://www.system76.com/product_info.php?cPath=28&products_id=105</a> Tarun <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Nathan Bahn <<a href="mailto:nathan.bahn@gmail.com">nathan.bahn@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> Hello everyone, I'm sorry if this question has been asked before. I've never paid any attention to any of the netbook discussions because I don't deal with them; that, however, recently changed. Someone I know -- call him "X" -- has asked me for my advice (yes, I know -- that's shocking) on how to proceed with acquiring a netbook for the purpose of accessing the 'Web from home. "Well, this will be as easy as pie," I thought as I looked up the ratings in the Dec./2010 issue of Consumers Report. Man was I WRONG!!! Neither Dell, Toshiba nor Lenovo allow for the possibility of shipping netbooks without Windows (I haven't checked ASUS yet). SO: Where can I find information on netbook manufacturers that give people a choice as to what -- if any -- O.S.(s) will be preloaded onto or excluded from the unit? --N.B. -- Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html" target="_blank">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html</a> & <a href="http://www.libreoffice.org/" target="_blank">http://www.libreoffice.org/</a> (Nathan Bahn) -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>