Anyone tried Dell Mini

Ric Moore wayward4now at gmail.com
Fri Sep 12 23:59:28 UTC 2008


On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 22:42 +0200, Eberhard Roloff wrote:
> Art Alexion schrieb:
> > On Friday 12 September 2008 1:00:44 pm Eberhard Roloff wrote:
> >> Nevertheless Dell is imho the only mayor PC
> >> manufacturer outside the netbook scenery, that offers Linux, while ex.
> >> Lenovo currently "sidesteps" it's Linux strategy and this deserves our
> >> respect.
> > 
> > HP sells with Linux pre-installed as well.
> > 
> ok then.
> I just tried to look for a HP Notebook with Linux, apart from the 2133 
> netbook which has Linux as an option.
> 
> Maybe I overlooked it but what I mostly saw, is "HP recommends Windows 
> Vista" and you had the option to downgrade to XP and FreeDOS was 
> frequently mentioned, as well (I know the latter, since I use it 
> sometimes).

FreeDOS is the old Caldera offering. I remember Caldera fondly. I would
imagine if they installed FreeDOS, then you wouldn't be paying the
Windows tax?? What's the price difference? Ric

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