On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 1:02 AM, Raseel Bhagat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Hi, > > On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 9:05 PM, Biswajit Dutta Baruah < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Friends, >> >> Hope this is not too late to chip in. >> >> I have an Inspiron 1420 that i bought in Dec 2007. Have been running >> ubuntu on the same. Had a few issues with sound and video in gutsy but >> hardy is fine ...no issues at all. Not crashed even once and am using it >> full time. Have vista on a partition but haven't been there for a long >> time now. >> >> I've installed ubuntu on XPS as well for a few friends and it has worked >> well. >> >> Dell India is not selling any laptops with ubuntu pre loaded. Don't even >> ask the guys, they don't have any clue about what ubuntu is. I tried >> hard for them to sell me one without vista so that I don't have to pay >> for the vista. But they refused, however i got a 5000 discount after >> some hard bargaining. >> >> At that time Dell was selling laptops online only but now they are in >> the shops. And introductory offers are usually with a discount, so go >> for it. If you buy online, they will come from Sriperumbudur(near >> chennai) and not Malaysia, like mine did. >> >> If you are getting one from the US be sure to buy a global warranty so >> that in case of needing service you can have it done locally and not >> send it back to the US. I can have mine serviced in the Asia_pacific >> region and not elsewhere, but that suit me well and I'm happy. > > > I ordered my Dell XPS1530 a few days ago. I managed to convince the guy > for a free RAM upgrade ( its a whooping 4 GB now) and I even got it within 5 > days. > > Thanks, > Raseel > > What is the cost? mallikarjun
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