Anyone tried Dell Mini

[Jim]

Jonathan Jesse wrote:
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 6:42 PM, Jim <mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net 
> <mailto:mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net>> wrote:
>
>     Paul Rumelhart wrote:
>     > David Fletcher wrote:
>     >
>     >> PS Why do all of these machines run Ubuntu rather than Kubuntu?
>     Is it the LTS
>     >> issue?
>     >>
>     >> Dave
>     >>
>     >>
>     >
>     >
>     > I think it's the ubiquitous notion that seems to be common out there
>     > that gnome is easier for Windows users to adapt to than KDE.  It has
>     > less items in it's menus to confuse your average user with, and
>     it tends
>     > to coddle them more.  I don't like it personally, but at least
>     you can
>     > install a few packages and be running Kubuntu with a little
>     effort.  I
>     > live for all the applets I use in panels, though I'm sure if I stuck
>     > with gnome long enough I'd get it setup the way I like it.
>     >
>     > It might be the LTS/KDE4 thing, but it's not like Kubuntu was a
>     common
>     > choice before that started.  Perhaps they don't want to have to
>     explain
>     > the name "Kubuntu".  Explaining "Ubuntu" is hard enough already.
>     >
>     > Paul
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     The thing that gets under my skin about the Dell Inspiron 9 , from
>     what
>     I can see on there website, is that the Ubuntu Laptop only offers
>     you a
>     4gb SSD , whereas $Windows is getting a 8 or 16gb SSD for $50.00
>     more.(Which is the cost of $Windows)
>     Sure you can get the larger drive for Linux for a lot more $$ .
>     That sure stops me from buying a Dell.
>     Dell has got this plan setup that your going to pay extra for the
>     goodies and still end up paying the same or more, than if you bought a
>     EEEpc.
>     At least least my EEEpc 702 has  a  8gb SSD.
>     Dell is not really doing you any favors here.
>
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> The Dell Mini that I have purchased comes with Ubuntu 8.04 and a 16 
> Gig SSD
>  
> Jonathan
How much did you pay for it ?