From owner-freebsd-chat Wed May 9 5: 9:58 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from flood.ping.uio.no (flood.ping.uio.no [129.240.78.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E564637B424 for ; Wed, 9 May 2001 05:09:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from des@ofug.org) Received: (from des@localhost) by flood.ping.uio.no (8.9.3/8.9.3) id OAA60898; Wed, 9 May 2001 14:07:11 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from des@ofug.org) X-URL: http://www.ofug.org/~des/ X-Disclaimer: The views expressed in this message do not necessarily coincide with those of any organisation or company with which I am or have been affiliated. To: Rahul Siddharthan Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Laptop recommendations in France / Europe? References: <20010509133826.I82438@lpt.ens.fr> From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Date: 09 May 2001 14:07:10 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20010509133826.I82438@lpt.ens.fr> Message-ID: Lines: 17 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Rahul Siddharthan writes: > Can anyone suggest a good place, in France or in a neighbouring > country, to buy a not too expensive (say, < 10000 FRF / 1500 Euro) > laptop/notebook which works with FreeBSD -- or, at the very minimum, > with Linux? And preferably without Windows pre-loaded at all, so that > I don't pay a microsoft tax? La Fnac sells reasonably-priced laptops (several sub-10k models), but I think you'll have a hard time getting one that doesn't have Windows and tons of other shit (Office, Works, Notes or the like) preloaded. If you're in Paris, try the Foire Surcouf (139 av Daumesnil; closest metro station is probably Bercy or Gare de Lyon). It's reputedly the country's largest computer hardware, software and accessory store. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message