On Thursday 25 Jun 2015 16:06:31 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 25 Jun 2015 10:36:36 -0400, [email protected] wrote: > > > The XPS 13 at least is available as a "Developer Edition" that comes > > > with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS instead of Windows. > > > > I "dual boot" windows and gentoo. The quotes are there since my current > > machine (3 years old) has never been in windows post-installation. The > > advantage of having windows available occurs if you need dell > > maintenance. > > Which is a rather poor reason for keeping Windows around. The Ubuntu > version is not significantly cheaper, but it would make dealing with > support that much easier if the machine was supposed to have Linux on it > in the first place.
When I bought my 16" XPS Ubuntu was definitely not available and when I asked (repeatedly) I was told that if I wanted a Linux OS I would have to buy a cheaper laptop that came with Ubuntu. They were also adamant in their very polite Indian accent that the only OS that came with the laptop I wanted was MSWindows 7 and they would not sell it without an OS. Of course if you are a big corporate customer they will be more accomodating, but in my case they were reading off a script with any option available for me, as long as it was exactly what was shown on the Dell website. :-p If I could source the same components at the time and assemble the laptop myself, I would pay slightly less, but definitely get a straight case that shuts without damaging the monitor screen. For the same money I would probably get a better quality case that isn't and doesn't feel as plastic as this one. However, when I looked I didn't find any build-your-own laptop options in the market at the time. -- Regards, Mick
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