Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 1st Aug 2007 06:25 UTC, submitted by JK
Hardware, Embedded Systems The Acer Aspire 5710Z has gone on sale in Singapore pre-loaded with Ubuntu Linux instead of Windows. Ubuntu is currently one of the world's most popular and easiest-to-use Linux distributions. But a spokesperson for Acer told ZDNet.co.uk on Tuesday that the company - one of the world's top laptop manufacturers - had 'no plans' to sell any Linux-based systems in the UK. "[Acer models] with Ubuntu pre-loaded are available at the factory level. However, there is no demand for it in the UK. Therefore, those configurations are not an option [for UK customers] at the moment," said the spokesperson.
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I might be 1 in a few million
by Beta on Wed 1st Aug 2007 11:06 UTC
Beta
Member since:
2005-07-06

… but I still count, I am demand!


* btw, has anyone else had problems buying a laptop in the UK recently? My brother had a 4 week wait with Evesham messing him around until he cancelled, and went with *I forget*, and it’ll be the end of 5 weeks wait when it might arrive this Friday.

PJBonoVox Member since:
2006-08-14

To be honest, if you're going to buy from from a slipshod outfit like Evesham, you're in for a rocky ride.

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