Fred A. Miller wrote:
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— Dell reports on what it plans to do with this feedback. Quoting: "[W]e
are working with Novell to certify our corporate client products for
Linux, including our OptiPlex desktops, Latitude notebooks and Dell
Precision workstations.
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http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/ideastorm/ideasinaction?c=us&l=en&s=gen
I was one that made such a request for linux laptops at the Dell site.
So I said to myself, "Let's see what it's gonna cost me". So I went to
the linux laptops link
http://www.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/nseries_nb?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd
and priced out a D520N Duo linux-ready, not linux-installed, with
various options: memory, drive, DVD, graphics card.
Then I repeated this exercise by simply going to the Dell site and
pretended to configure the same machine with Vista installed.
http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/latit_d520?c=us&l=en&s=bsd&cs=04
I tried very hard to select the same components: CPU, memory, graphics
card, hard drive, DVD.
It would cost me a hundred bucks less for the Vista box. I don't think
Dell has quite got this worked out yet.
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Tony Alfrey
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"I'd Rather Be Sailing"
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