Also, if you're considering a laptop as an addition or replacement to your desktop machine, it's good to know that there's a product out there that will "just work". Given the nightmares people have had trying to get linux distros to install reliably on various laptops, if I was considering a laptop right now and didn't want to take any risks then I'd go for the Dell
Pete On 08/10/2007, Daniel Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I really like dell kit, not a fan of inspirons though would rather have > latitudes though, personally I would rather dell offered it on a lot more > machines rather than just them and 1 desktop. > > As for my professional relationship with Dell, they are the main pc > manufacturer we put into clients and if we could get optiplexes and > latitudes with Ubuntu on them I would seriously consider using them for > this, and they have been told this also. > > Regards, > Daniel > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Pope > Sent: 08 October 2007 11:10 > To: British Ubuntu Talk > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Who's got/ordered Dell Ubuntu Laptops? > > Hi, > > On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 10:58 +0100, Daniel Lamb wrote: > > Why buy the Dell laptop then?(and not another cheaper or maybe more > > expensive but better model) > > > > Some people like Dell kit :) > > > Surely the point in buying a Dell Ubuntu laptop is that there is support > > with it to help setup the pc, isn't this is more an end user thing? > > > > There's also the fact that you're showing Dell support. Proving that > there are people out there who will buy a PC with non-Windows. > > Cheers, > Al. > > > -- > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > -- 'In letters of gold, on a snow-white kite, I will write "I Love You!" And send it soaring high above you, for all to read!' RIP Billy M 1957-1997 -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
