dell sells laptops configured with Linux. check out the higher education section of dell website. -----Original Message----- From: Tyler Hall [mailto:plug@webFreaks.org] Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2001 8:05 AM To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us Subject: Custom Laptop Hi, I'm in need of the group's help. I'm looking into getting a laptop. I really like the dell Laptops because 1) They let you pay monthly, and they let you customzie it. I want to have a customized laptop and be able to pay monthly payments for it. The thing with dell is, they add a "year of MSN" and a copy of windows ME in the price, so its like $300 more then I want. Does anyone know of a business that will sell custom laptops, that I can pay monthly, that doesnt require you buy copies of Windows with it? Thanks! Cheers, Tyler Hall "Goddam it, you'll never get the Purple Heart hiding in a foxhole! Follow me!" - Captain Henry P. "Jim" Crowe (Guadalcanal, January 13, 1943) "The sender believes that this E-mail and any attachments were free of any virus, worm, Trojan horse, and/or malicious code when sent. This message and its attachments could have been infected during transmission. By reading the message and opening any attachments, the recipient accepts full responsibility for taking protective and remedial action about viruses and other defects. The sender's employer is not liable for any loss or damage arising in any way from this message or its attachments."