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David Bell wrote: > On Tuesday 31 October 2006 11:44, Neil Winchurst wrote: > > >> Surely there must be other small local computer shops that will do the >> same?? >> > > The owner of the computer shop in the arcade at Okehampton told me that he can > supply desktop boxes and laptops, without M$ installed. > > Another boxwallah in Exmouth also said that he would be only too pleased to > make up PCs with a working system on them costing £60 less than a M$ box - if > there was a demand for them (and there's the crunch line - who has heard of > GNU/Linux?) > Oh, another thought, it doesn't cost much for a blank CD and a sitting down with a customer for 10 minutes showing them the basics. For anything more advanced the customers can be pointed in the direction of this LUG or magazines/books/web sites. Even if he charges £10 for installing Linux that has got to be worth mentioning to new customers. Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html