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This is a first draft list of places in Belgium where you can get a laptop without paying for a MS Windows license. It probably contains quite a few errors and inconsistencies. Please sit there and wait for it to become more reliable and complete, or help us make it so. This is a first draft list of places in Belgium where you can get a laptop without paying for a MS Windows license. It probably contains quite a few errors and inconsistencies. Please help us make this list more reliable and complete.
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 * Shop name  * Friterie "Chez Marie", Fexhe-le-haut-clocher
  * url: http://www.fritkotwheretheyalsosellcomputers.be
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  * what models:   * what models: Commodore 64 portables
  * mail order: yes
  * brick and mortar shop: yes
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 * Tones.be, Mechelen  * tones.be, Mechelen
  * url: http://www.tones.be
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  * what models: MSI barebones   * models: MSI barebones
  * mail order: yes
  * brick and mortar shop: yes
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 * dell.be
  * url: http://www.dell.be
  * last checked: 2005/05/01 by Peter Dedecker
  * what models: Dell Latitude series, _not_ the Inspiron series
  * mail order: yes
  * brick and mortar shop: no
  * comments: You have to explicitly ask on the phone for a machine without MS Windows. Discount negotiated was 50 €. Machine was delivered with FreeDos.
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 * Shop name  * Blue Sky Computing, Sint-Niklaas
  * url: http://bluesky.be/
  * last checked: 2006/06/28 by Amedee Van Gasse <amedee@amedee.be>
  * models: Maxdata
  * mail order: yes
  * brick and mortar shop: yes
  * comments: You have to explicitly ask on the phone/by email/in the shop for a machine without MS Windows. Best service is in the shop, where you can ask to change other aspects of the (hardware) configuration.

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 * Friterie "Chez Marie", Fexhe-le-haut-clocher
  * url: http://www.fritkotwheretheyalsosellcomputers.be
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  * what models:
  * comments: blah
  * what models: Commodore 64 portables
  * mail order: yes
  * brick and mortar shop: yes
  * comments: ...and good fries, too!

This is a first draft list of places in Belgium where you can get a laptop without paying for a MS Windows license. It probably contains quite a few errors and inconsistencies. Please help us make this list more reliable and complete.

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Belgian shops that sell laptops without MS Windows

  • tones.be, Mechelen
    • url: http://www.tones.be

    • last checked: 2006/07/11 by Mark Van den Borre <mvdborre@gmail.com>

    • models: MSI barebones
    • mail order: yes
    • brick and mortar shop: yes
    • comments: You have to select a model with MS Windows included first, but you can drop it from your shopping basket before checking out. That saves you 89 €.
  • dell.be
    • url: http://www.dell.be

    • last checked: 2005/05/01 by Peter Dedecker
    • what models: Dell Latitude series, _not_ the Inspiron series
    • mail order: yes
    • brick and mortar shop: no
    • comments: You have to explicitly ask on the phone for a machine without MS Windows. Discount negotiated was 50 €. Machine was delivered with FreeDos.

  • Blue Sky Computing, Sint-Niklaas
    • url: http://bluesky.be/

    • last checked: 2006/06/28 by Amedee Van Gasse <amedee@amedee.be>

    • models: Maxdata
    • mail order: yes
    • brick and mortar shop: yes
    • comments: You have to explicitly ask on the phone/by email/in the shop for a machine without MS Windows. Best service is in the shop, where you can ask to change other aspects of the (hardware) configuration.

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