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« Reply #15 on: 7 August 2002, 10:56 »
In 1996, I sent a Windows 95 CD back to Microsoft requesting a replacement.  It was broken clean-in-two.  (The CD sleeve had never been opened but you could feel the pieces kinda' mushing around in there.) I sent to Redmond a photocopy of the receipt where it had been purchased and a note explaining that "It must have been broken somehow before it was opened."  The truth is that my girlfriend got me sloppy drunk with the intention of taking advantage of me, and I stepped on it as I stumbled out of my office (on the way to being taken advantage of).  Seeing as the CD sleeve was unopened, I requested.....and expected a replacement.

I still have not heard back from those people and that was more than six years ago.  However, I expect to get my Windows 95 replacement disk from them in the mail just any day now.  I was told that the guy at Microsoft who handles support and complaint calls also ships replacement product whenever he is off of the phone.

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« Reply #16 on: 7 August 2002, 11:43 »
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I can't tell you, look at it as a science experiment. Write a letter that you have no intentions of using XP, you never put the CD in a machine, you have installed Linux on it from the beginning, you do not agree to any software license, your PC distributor will not give you a refund (give them the name of the place you bought it), and you want your money back. Stick the CD any other piece of material with the M$ logo (hologram) in a package with the letter and send it to Redmond.
Been there; done that. last January I finally needed to replace the ol' Dell OptiPlex GSa. The best system for the price and features was a Micron that came with all the Linux-friendly hard I needed, and no WinModem. However, I could get it with XP, 98SE, or Win ME
  :mad:  So I took it with XP as an OEM install. After getting it all connected, and covering up the "Designed for Win XP" decal with a "Powered by Mandrake Linux" sticker, I stuck my Win 95 disk in the slot before turning it on for the first time. I ditched XP right then and there, followed by the installation of Win 95, Mandrake, and eventually several other distros. I sent all the Win XPoo disks and documentation back to Redmond with a letter stating that I declined the EULA, documenting what I'd done, and requesting a refund.

Needless to say, I'm still waiting. A lawyer friend of the family said that I could probably get the refund by flying out to Seattle and filing a claim in small claims court. But that would cost quite a bit more than that refund.  :mad:    :mad:  
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« Reply #17 on: 24 August 2002, 20:39 »
I would really be interested in buying a used laptop later for Linux. Can anyone recommend specific models which are 100% compatible,around 1Ghz, with DVD? I'd hate to buy one and then find out the network card won't work with my cable modem.  :(
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« Reply #18 on: 24 August 2002, 20:44 »
Well, considering that the EULA specifically states "If you do not agree to the terms of this agreement, you should return all copies of the software to the store you bought it from for a full refund" you should get your bloody refund.

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« Reply #19 on: 24 August 2002, 23:24 »
I have had good luck with most Dell laptops, however they do use WinModem/Ethernet cards in the newer ones that will not work with Linux.  No problem though, I just buy LinkSys PCMCIA ethernet cards and they work like a champ.
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« Reply #20 on: 24 August 2002, 23:29 »
I dont see the need of you bying a new Laptop unless you have money to spare.

  I bought a used Laptop inspiron3500. It runs a 356 celeron. It came with Win95. I installed RH 7.3 in it and it runs beautifully (both on Gnome and KDE).
  THe onl problem I had was with the Sound card. But that is fixable by a)downloading a patch or b)Changing the IRQ setting.
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« Reply #21 on: 15 November 2002, 18:24 »
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Hello all, i am thinking about bidding for this:

 
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YOU ARE BIDDING FOR MY DAUGHTERS COLLEGE LAPTOP.IT IS A CITYNOTE GREEN 751.(I THINK ITS BASED ON A DELL, BUT NOT SURE.) WWW.CITYNOTE.NET. IT HAS A INTEL PENTIUM 75 MHZ PROSSESOR. 540MB HARD DISC.COLOUR SCREEN. SOUND & GRAPHICS.INTERNAL FLOPPY DRIVE.DOCKING PORT.RS PORT.CRT PORT.PRINTER PORT EXTERNAL KEYBOARD PORT. EXTRA MEMORY SLOTS. LOADED WITH WINDOWS 3.11 FOR WORKGROUPS AND MICROSOFT OFFICE FOR DEMO PURPOSES, BUYER RESPONSIBLE FOR LICENCE.IT HAS ALL PORT COVERS, AND BATTERY HOLDS A REASONABLE CHARGE, IT HAS BEEN WELL LOOKED AFTER AND IN EXELENT CONDITION. VERY MODERN LOOKING AND COMES WITH ORIGINAL CARRY CASE AND MAINS CHARGER..... NOW THE DOWN SIDE BITS...THE DC TERMINAL HAS BEEN REPAIRED AND ITS BEEN PUT BACK A BIT SCEW WIF, BUT THIS DOES NOT EFFECT PERFORMANCE JUST COSMETIC, AND THE ON OFF BUTTON SOMETIMES STICKS IN WHEN SWITCHING OFF, A COUPLE OF PRESSES ARE NEEDED SOMETIMES. AND THE DOCKING STATION COVER HAS LOST PART OF ITS HINGE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO E/MAIL ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS, AND I WILL DO MY BEST TO ANSWER THEM. HAPPY BIDDING. On 12-Nov-02 at 08:55:56 GMT, seller added the following information:

THE ON OFF BUTTON HAS NOW BEEN FIXED AND IS WORKING PERFECTLY.
Any thoughts? basically i'm asking for links to some sort of database that will tell me how compatible the sound/video cards are and so on, with linux. it is a pentium so i know that mandrake 9.0 will be able to be installed on it. Also, i can set up a dual boot with windows 3.11 (!)
thanks, chaps.

edit - well this page and this page are the only ones i can really see on google about this laptop, well actually this one's not quite the same, and they at least suggest that red hat 5 will run on it graphically...

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« Reply #22 on: 15 November 2002, 20:22 »
also, any advice on these too?

first one:
the description for this one says:  
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Description

Pentium Laptop

Power Supply Included
hmm...

and another:
 
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Digital HiNote VP Pentium Colour Laptop with CD & Floppy Multimedia (Lot 94)

Colour, Intel Pentium 200 MMX, 16Mb Base Ram, Touch pad Mouse, CD Rom Drive & Floppy Disk Drive, Screen  complete no cracks, faint line on right side of screen

Laptop

    * External VGA
    * External Keyboard or Mouse
    * Communications Port For Modem etc.
    * Printer Port
    * 1 x PCMCIA
    * 1 Infra Red, 1 USB
    * External Sound Ports
    * Trackball Mouse
    * Docking Support

Parts missing

    * Battery & Battery slot Cover
    * Hard Disk & Caddy
    * Memory Slot Cover
    * Mains Adapter - 19v, 2.4amp

Overall Worth Rebuilding If You Have Spare Time

Basic tests run and past on all. Power on test OK.
This one i should be able to look up myself, but as always, if anybody knows of any quirks...

Of course there are a lot more of this sort of thing on eBay, does anybody know a good way to check how compatible a particular laptop is with linux other than just typing the model into google with the word 'linux' appended?

Thanks...
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« Reply #23 on: 15 November 2002, 20:49 »
cool.... i was gonna post something about finding Linux Laptops...
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« Reply #24 on: 15 November 2002, 21:19 »
please do! these are all windows 3 or windows 95 laptops to my knowledge, so i think i have to BUY ONE before i know if it's a 'linux laptop' unfortunately...

hey, what's the difference between windows 3.11 and windows 95?

the difference is 91.89...
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« Reply #25 on: 16 November 2002, 00:06 »
Did you look them up on linux-laptop.net?

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« Reply #26 on: 16 November 2002, 00:54 »
nope! but i will now, thanks!
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