[ubuntu-in] Dell and ubuntu!

[Raseel Bhagat]

Hi,

On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 9:05 PM, Biswajit Dutta Baruah <
indianorthodoc at gmail.com> 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
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