XXODD is a dutch site with a fine range of laptops and desktops, particularly good for peformance PCs. In the “Configureer” screen “Geen Operating System” (starkers) is selected by default.
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Thursday, May 14th, 2009Varsity Computers
Thursday, May 14th, 2009Varsity Computers do a range of crippled laptops and desktops, however a few of the desktops are customisable and can be upgraded to nakedness. The barebones category has a further selection of naked desktops and servers.
Emperor Linux
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009Emperor Linux supply a wide range of laptops including military grade rugged laptops. All come with Linux pre-installed and a custom kernel to ensure all the hardware is fully supported. They will pre-install a range of distros, but sadly no nakedness at the moment.
System 76
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009System 76 is a strong supplier of Ubuntu with a good range of desktops and laptops with the latest release of Ubuntu pre-installed. This would appear to be non-removeable, however the servers do come in the buff.
VeryPC
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009VeryPC specialise in low power eco friendly PCs, all products have the power consumption listed and there is a naked option available as well as Ubuntu pre-installed. The servers look pretty nice too.
NorhTec
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009NorhTec have a great range of low power small size computers for desktop, server and embedded applications. All are priced naked and most have a linux of some form as an optional install. They have a netbook in development that runs on standard AA batteries and comes with Ubuntu Netbook Remix, I can’t see a naked option for that. They are priced in dollars, but ship worldwide.
Ascendtech
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009Ascendtech have a good range of desktop computers available with no operating system. They are also selling recertified (second hand/ex demo/store stock/returns etc.) laptops many with no operating system, but they don’t get a listing in the laptops category as only brand new computers qualify. The servers are nice and naked though.
Ebuyer
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009Ebuyer is a long established UK web-based discount dealer. Always has many OS-free machines on offer in the “desktop” and “server” categories. Also sells machines with Linux installed. Here’s their current cheapest desktop by way of an example: “Extra Value Business Desktop, Celeron E1400 2.0GHz, 4GB RAM, 320GB HDD, DVDRW, Card Reader, Keyboard and Mouse, NO OS, £198.37 inc vat & free delivery”.
Another 61 pence will secure you a somewhat faster machine with Ubuntu already installed.
PC Village
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009PC Village is a bricks and mortar chain of store based in Toronto, Canada with six outlets across Southern Ontario. I have purchased over a dozen computer from them over the last 10 years for myself and others, from Desktops to Server units. All systems can be customized and there is no problem at all buying a bare system, either for Linux or a previous purchased OS from a computer being replaced.
I rate them an A+ for price, service and support. All systems come with a one year warrantee, on top of any factory warantees on the components. I have never had any problems getting service, even on systems several years old.
