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> Hi people, first time laptop buyer in the UK looking to econonomise as
> much as possible.
>
> Found these two nice offers:
>
> http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/nbrange.html?NNB-402
>
> Questions:
>
> 1) Is Novatech any good? I have been reading quite a few frustrated
> posts here in these groups like having to check before hand for the
> battery + adaptor to be included in the offer, laser drives not
> responding, customer service not being the best there is etc.
>

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> > Hi people, first time laptop buyer in the UK looking to econonomise as
> > much as possible.
> >
> > Found these two nice offers:
> >
> > http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/nbrange.html?NNB-402
> >
> > Questions:
> >
> > 1) Is Novatech any good? I have been reading quite a few frustrated
> > posts here in these groups like having to check before hand for the
> > battery + adaptor to be included in the offer, laser drives not
> > responding, customer service not being the best there is etc.
> >
>
> I live near Novatech so have never used the courier service. I have bought
> two laptops from them last year and they seem fine. One developed a fault
> but it was fixed under warranty within a few days. I plan to buy my next
> one from them. Their prices are v. competitive and it is the only place I
> know of where you can buy a machine without o/s
>
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> Hi people, first time laptop buyer in the UK looking to econonomise as
> much as possible.
>
> Found these two nice offers:
>
> http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/nbrange.html?NNB-402
>
> Questions:
>
> 1) Is Novatech any good? I have been reading quite a few frustrated
> posts here in these groups like having to check before hand for the
> battery + adaptor to be included in the offer, laser drives not
> responding, customer service not being the best there is etc.
>
> 2) Could any of you give me (or even guess from past experience) any
> detailed specs concerning the motherboard and the chipsets of this
> laptop offer (graphics and wireless mostly - other details are on their
> website surprisingly enough). I emailed the company for the
> aforementioned laptop offer and got this reply:
>
> It is our own brand but the motherboard is a Foxconn. It has a 1yr
> warranty unless you take the 2yr care pack which covers us picking it
> up parts and labour and returning it to you. We do not offer support as
> far as Linux is concerned but there is no reason why it should not
> work.
>
> 3) Concerning Linux, did any of you out there experienced serious
> trouble with a Novatech laptop? Did the wireless work ok ? I know
> Ubuntu and Gentoo has a great support for almost everything.
>
> All in all, will I regret buying from Novatech? Is their courier
> service alright?
>
> Thanks you guys.
>

> Hi people, first time laptop buyer in the UK looking to econonomise as
> much as possible.
>
> Found these two nice offers:
>
> http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/nbrange.html?NNB-402
>
> Questions:
>
> 1) Is Novatech any good? I have been reading quite a few frustrated
> posts here in these groups like having to check before hand for the
> battery + adaptor to be included in the offer, laser drives not
> responding, customer service not being the best there is etc.
>
> 2) Could any of you give me (or even guess from past experience) any
> detailed specs concerning the motherboard and the chipsets of this
> laptop offer (graphics and wireless mostly - other details are on their
> website surprisingly enough). I emailed the company for the
> aforementioned laptop offer and got this reply:
>
> It is our own brand but the motherboard is a Foxconn. It has a 1yr
> warranty unless you take the 2yr care pack which covers us picking it
> up parts and labour and returning it to you. We do not offer support as
> far as Linux is concerned but there is no reason why it should not
> work.
>
> 3) Concerning Linux, did any of you out there experienced serious
> trouble with a Novatech laptop? Did the wireless work ok ? I know
> Ubuntu and Gentoo has a great support for almost everything.
>
> All in all, will I regret buying from Novatech? Is their courier
> service alright?
>
> Thanks you guys.
>