On Monday 26 February 2007 02:05:58 pm Tony Alfrey wrote: > > 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. >
I seem to recall there being some argument for this a while back. The pre-loaded machines actually cost the clone manufacturers less, simply because all the drivers are pre-loaded on some sort of image, whereas they need to spend more labor hours on these machines. I'm not sure how valid it is with the PC clone manufactures such as Dell or HP these days, though. All the same, those prices are not unreasonable. I'm still happy with the Monarch Systems I bought for my mom and a few friends. They were very SUSE-friendly. -- kai Free Compean and Ramos http://www.perfectreign.com/?q=node/46 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
