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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 help us make this list more reliable and complete.

If adding to this list, please follow this template see below):

• name, where

  • last checked: when by who <emailaddress>

  • url: http://www.

  • email:
  • mail order:
  • brick and mortar shop:
  • models:
  • without OS discount:
  • comments:
  • Contactinformation:

Belgian shops that sell laptops without MS Windows

• Linux-Service, Gavere (Ghent)

  • last checked: 09/02/2011 by ? <xxx@xxx.com>

  • url: http://linux-service.be

  • email: guy@linux-service.be

  • mail order: yes
  • brick and mortar shop: yes
  • models: MSI ?
  • without OS discount: ?
  • comments: only based on web-information
  • Contactinformation: LINUX-SERVICE.BE BVBA Grenadierslaan 65 - B-9890 Gavere
• Wegetit, Deinze

  • last checked: 09/02/2011 by who <emailaddress>

  • url: http://wegetit.be

  • email: info@wegetit.be

  • mail order: yes
  • brick and mortar shop: no
  • models:
  • without OS discount:
  • comments: only based on web-information
  • Contactinformation: Eric Van Aelst, Kortrijkstraat 50/3, 9800 Deinze

Information 2006 - need to be controlled and updated

• tones.be, Mechelen

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

  • url: http://www.tones.be

  • email: info@tones.be

  • mail order: yes
  • brick and mortar shop: yes
  • models: MSI barebones
  • without OS discount: 89 €
  • comments: You have to select a model with MS Windows included first, but you can drop it from your shopping basket before checking out.
• dell.be
  • last checked: 2005/05/01 by Peter Dedecker

  • url: http://www.dell.be

  • mail order: yes
  • brick and mortar shop: no
  • models: Dell Latitude series, _not_ the Inspiron series
  • without OS discount: negotiable, don't settle for anything less than 50 €

  • comments: You have to explicitly ask on the phone for a discounted machine without MS Windows preinstalled. Machine was delivered with FreeDos.

• Blue Sky Computing, Sint-Niklaas

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

  • url: http://bluesky.be/

  • email: info@bluesky.be

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

TEMPLATE

• Friterie "Chez Marie", Fexhe-le-haut-clocher

  • last checked: 2006/01/01 by Louis de Funès <louis@defunès.fr>

  • url: http://www.fritkotwheretheyalsosellcomputers.be

  • email: friesandcomputers@skynet.be

  • mail order: yes
  • brick and mortar shop: yes
  • models: Commodore 64 portables
  • without OS discount: 90 € and a portion of excellent fries
  • comments: Did I mention they have excellent fries?