[ubuntu-uk] DELL w/Ubuntu available in the UK

[Pete Stean]

Ah, the Dell Inspiron 6400 which they are selling retails for £359+
depending on features such as memory etc.

The irony of course is that this machine is *no cheaper* than the
Vista-loaded equivalent... why are they not prepared to pass on the
licence cost saving to the consumer?  And who would buy a Ubuntu machine
when they can get a Vista machine for the same price (knowing, of course,
that a free Ubuntu install can be put on the machine with no problems...)?
Way to go, Dell UK  :|

Pete


On 08/08/07, John Dow <jmd at nelefa.org> wrote:
>
> On 8/7/07, Darren Mansell <darren.mansell at opengi.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 2007-08-07 at 15:37 +0100, Pete Stean wrote:
> > > Wonder how they're getting on with enabling all the features on the
> > > laptop though - power management etc - are there any caveats I wonder?
> > > Pete
> >
> > My Lenovo "built for Windows" laptop works fine with wifi/ACPI etc. so
> > if they've had time to get the BIOS sorted for proper standards rather
> > than the Microsoft HCT it should be fine.
>
>
>
> FWIW, I've been running Ubuntu on an Inspiron 6000 since breezy and
> everything has worked flawlessly, barring the winmodem, of course.
>
> John
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