How can they charge more? They get the thing for free! Well, we presume they do... I guess it's paying for training and support etc. If so that isn't so bad
James -- James Milligan [email protected] www.lake54.com www.killermentality.com www.twitter.com/lake54 On 31 May 2009, at 13:04, Paul Broadhead <[email protected]> wrote: > Great, dell are selling their Inspiron Mini 10v preloaded with Ubuntu > 8.04. The base system with a 8GB SSD is priced at 199 pounds. > You can even upgrade the spec to be the same as the XP version, i.e. > with a 160GB hard drive. The problem is with that upgrade the Ubuntu > machine costs 258 pounds while the XP machine costs 249 pounds. Not > so > great. > > I used the on-line help to ask why this and was told "if you upgrade > then the price will definitely shoot up". I asked if I should just > buy > the XP version, wipe it and install my own OS. He eventually replied > "Well if that sounds cheaper yes". I asked if he expected dell to > sell > many of these Ubuntu machines and he replied "As of now no". > > Needless to say, I'm not buying one. > -- > Paul Broadhead > > > -- > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
