Motherboards for new Ubuntu install

[Michael Shiloh]

On 12/26/2012 03:11 AM, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Michael Shiloh <michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com
>> wrote:
>
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>> On 12/26/2012 03:02 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote:
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>>> On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Michael Shiloh
>>> <michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is there a chance Ivory would let you boot their computers (assuming they
>>>> have an assembled computer with one of these motherboards) with a live
>>>> CD?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I already asked, they would not.
>>>
>>>
>> !@#$%^&*!
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>
> Don't be quick to curse: you may have made the right assumption before.
> It's a Lego. If they need to order components (even from their own
> warehouse) and assemble the computer for every customer to test that's a
> significant effort for a very uncertain sale (from their prospective) to
> 9presumably) a walk-in customer with no relationship. The live CD trick is
> reasonable if there is a brand - or otherwise standard - computer on the
> shelf. Laptops are usually like that...
>

It's fair if they have none on the shelf. But if they have one built and 
connected to a monitor and keyboard, and still won't let you boot from a 
live CD, I would still curse (in my mind, not out loud).

Although to be fair I suppose if they let any yahoo who walked in with a 
CD and said "let me just try this!" they could be up to their ears in 
various  malware, so perhaps I shouldn't curse them at all.