[LUNI] linuxdays ?

[Robert Smith]

And they possibly void the manufacturer's warranty. I don't know whether the "Big Boys" like Best Buy, Circuit City, CDW, Frye's, Micro Center, or Tiger Direct would go for this, but you might get smaller outfits (the "mom and pop" places) like Eschelon in Crystal Lake, just to name one example, to try something like this. It would be a sales driver for them.
   
  In the music world, many music stores have "clinics" where a name musician comes in and demonstrates how he or she uses Manufacturer "X's" equipment in getting their sound. It's a great draw for the store. In fact, it's become such a draw that nowadays, many stores charge an admission fee to these events.
   
  Cool idea, just not sure how well it would be accepted in the "Big Leagues."
   
  Rob Smith
  

Mark Stuart Burge <mark at msbrepairs.com> wrote:
  Hey guys and gals,

Just to throw an idea out there and see what you all think...

I sometimes have people ask me what laptop or desktop pc to buy that 
would work great with linux.
As you are all probably aware, that is not such an easy question to 
answer without a lot of research.

Soooo

I got to thinking how cool it might be to try and convince the likes of 
bestbuy, microcenter and other laptop stockists to hold a sort of 
'linuxdays' event now and then.

This would ..

Allow the general public to see what linux is like.

Give sales staff some knowledge of which computers can handle linux .

Provide a basis for promoting additional sales of hardware, for example, 
having a complete multimedia setup in store.



I could imagine going into bestbuy on a saturday morning and dual 
booting a bunch of display models with ubuntu.

With some of the nice shiny new hardware out there and putting beryl up 
against vista in a showdown, we could create a lot of interest and at 
the same time get to find out the answer to the question at the top of 
this email.

As far as the store owners are concerned, well, they end up with a bunch 
of display models that now have a bonus o/s added to them for an 'extra' 
sales factor.
They get some publicity.
Their staff gain knowledge.



Any comments, further ideas, criticisms ?




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