[ubuntu-in] Dell and ubuntu!

[mallikarjun arjun]

On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 1:02 AM, Raseel Bhagat <raseelbhagat at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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
>
>
What is the cost?

mallikarjun
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