[H-GEN] Avoiding the microsoft tax and laptops

[Trent WADDINGTON]

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On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, Mark Suter wrote:

> I can thoroughly recommend an iBook.  They work very well with
> Debian GNU/Linux.  You can get a well configured system (base
> model, total 640MB RAM, wireless card) for less than AUD 2500
> brand new (academic pricing from www.infinitesystems.com.au/

Surely a whole swag of money went into making MacOS and this is reflected
in the price of an iBook, shouldn't you be asking infinite systems to
supply you with an iBook without the "MacOS tax".

Trent


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