On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 5:01 PM, Jonathan Billings <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 4:58 PM, Bill Bogstad <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Think out of the box a little. The OS image appears to be >> downloadable by anybody. Buy any configuration of that model you like >> and don't tell Dell that you only got it with 2G of RAM when you apply >> for the developer program. Then max it out to 16Gig (or whatever) via >> NewEgg. Or don't bother with the program at all, if all you want is >> a (semi) supported OS image. > > > That's the thing, with the XPS-13, there's no option to buy less than 4G of > RAM.
Sorry, I didn't notice that. I still don't see why Dell should go out of their way (given the small market) to make a special hardware configuration just so you (or I) can save a few bucks. (Either via the Microsoft "tax" or a hardware configuration that you know you are going to upgrade the moment you get it.) Given the lack of progress in getting any of the large hardware vendors to pre-install Linux, I would love for at least one of them to just make ISOs available so I wouldn't have to tweak it myself. If they actually said they would continue to provide software updates as well, I would be ecstatic. In the past, I have tended to go with Dell or HP for laptops based on price and what I could guess about Linux compatibility. Basic hardware support for my desktop OS of choice - even if I had to install it myself - would be a big deal for me. Bill Bogstad _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
