[ubuntu-in] Dell and ubuntu!

[Prakash Advani]

I hyave confirmed from Dell India that these two models are available with Ubuntu.

Vostro A840 NB details:
http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/laptop-vostro-a840?c=in&cs=inbsd1&l=en&s=bsd&~ck=anavml
Vostro A860 NB details:
http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/laptop-vostro-a860?c=in&cs=inbsd1&l=en&s=bsd&~ck=anavml

Ask the Dell sales rep when you call the toll free number.

Do let me know if you face any difficulties.

Biswajit Dutta Baruah 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.
>
> orthodoc.
>
>
>   

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