Mecer PC have a rather unusual entry procedure to their website, but once you have signed your life away by agreeing to their terms and conditions (which amongst other things prohibits you from doing a view-source!) they do have naked desktops and also several examples of the elusive naked laptop.
Archive for the ‘Desktops’ Category
Mecer PC
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010Tranquil PC
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010Tranquil PC are an outfit based in Manchester specializing in low-power “green” PCs. While most of their range ship with Windows you can buy almost any of their models sans OS including their “barebones server” which always ships “naked” And here’s their little fanless Atom N270 based PCs (note the OS dropdown box defaults to “None” 
. They used to offer a box with Ubuntu installed by default but dropped that a while back.
Stealth Computer
Thursday, July 30th, 2009Stealth Computer do a range of specialist computers including rackmount servers, panel mount PCs (screw to a desk or wall) and little PCs. They even have a sealed waterproof computer. All are priced naked and the default configuration is bare with options for Ubuntu Linux and some other stuff.
eRacks
Sunday, June 28th, 2009eRacks specialise in Open Source systems most having an option of No OS (tested with Ubuntu) which is fantastic. I also saw an interesting standard feature of a $5 donation to an Open Source project which is a great idea. They have a good selection of naked servers, desktops, laptops and netbooks, all with a Linux or BSD available and the servers and desktops available starkers.
ElpaTech
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009ElpaTech build a range of desktop PCs from basic to gaming. They have the naked PC as the default configuration and price and they have this to say about it:
The Allegro Forte does not come with an operating system pre-installed (sometimes referred to as a “naked PC”). This allows you to install whatever operating system you please. The operating system is the software that you use to interact with your computer; examples include Windows XP, Windows Vista and Ubuntu.
Top marks!
They don’t do laptops, but recommend Novatech, who are one of our few suppliers of naked laptops.
SJ Computers
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009SJ Computers provide pre-built and custom computers, the custom ones are available with a selection of operating systems including stark nakedness
NCIX
Thursday, May 14th, 2009NCIX is a Canadian e-tailer selling a range of components desktops and laptops. The laptops appear to be a dead loss, however the PC configurator reveals a selection of hot gaming rigs with a radio button for full frontal nakedness.
Infinity Computer Group
Thursday, May 14th, 2009Infinity Computer Group have a range of desktops and laptops which can be ordered without operating system. The website isn’t that obvious about it, however they have confirmed that they are totally OK with people specifying a naked system.
ERA Computers and Consulting
Thursday, May 14th, 2009ERA Computers and Consulting will build a system to order. They can pre-install any of 20 top linux distros, or just give you the bare naked metal.
