Yeh, but, a Linux install is likely to last for longer (i.e, before getting clogged up) if it&#39;s being handed around.<div><br></div><div>+1 for Chrome Book, I think. Seeing as it&#39;s just a browser it is braindead simple to get anyone using, and there is no way for anyone to muck around with it (well, unless they know what their doing).</div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.google.com/intl/en-GB/chromebook/">https://www.google.com/intl/en-GB/chromebook/</a>
</div><div><br></div><div>Tom<br><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 14 January 2012 22:58, Thomas Dalton <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:thomas.dalton@gmail.com">thomas.dalton@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On 14 January 2012 22:39, Michael Peel &lt;<a href="mailto:michael.peel@wikimedia.org.uk">michael.peel@wikimedia.org.uk</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt; In particular, I&#39;m going to recommend that we purchase a couple of laptops this month, for volunteers to use at events/activities/when visiting the office (the OTRS workshop last weekend highlighted the need for getting these asap). Laptop recommendations would be much appreciated. The default option at the moment is a standard cheap Asus 15&quot;/1.5GHz/4GB/500GB machine, with the pre-installed Windows wiped and Linux installed - but there must be better low-cost laptop options out there than that...<br>

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</div>I don&#39;t see the point of buying Windows and then deleting it,<br>
especially on a machine that is going to be used by lots of different<br>
people. Pretty much everyone is comfortable using Windows, but a lot<br>
of people aren&#39;t familiar with Linux. If you can save money by getting<br>
a machine that doesn&#39;t come with a copy of Windows, then fine, but if<br>
you&#39;ve spent the money you might as well get the benefit. You can<br>
dual-boot them if people really want Linux.<br>
<br>
Using open source options where possible is a good policy, but it<br>
shouldn&#39;t extend to throwing away software we already own.<br>
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