[ubuntu-uk] Dell UK now offers netbooks and laptops ...

[Bruno Girin]

On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 08:53 +0100, Barry Drake wrote:
> Hi there ...
> 
> Just checked out the Dell UK site.  A search for Ubuntu now throws up
> two netbooks and three laptops that actually are available with Ubuntu
> and if you follow the customization through, it says they come with
> 10.04.  The site still shows the Mini 10 as an Ubuntu machine, but
> that's obviously a mistake.  Pity they've dropped the Mini 10v. 
> Barry Drake.

Well, I've just tried most laptop models that the search returns and the
only ones I manage to configure with Ubuntu are the Latitude 2100 and
2110 but they only come with 9.10, not 10.04. And the funny thing is
that there's a big banner in the OS section saying "Don't forget to
register for your Windows 7 upgrade after your purchase".

That doesn't sound very committed to Ubuntu to me.

Shame because I would be on the market for a top of the range Vostro
3300 if the specs that say it comes with Ubuntu were actually true. It's
doubly frustrating because Dell seem to be one of the few vendors who
have a 13" laptop with decent specs (the other one I know of being Sony
but I have no hope in hell of running Ubuntu on a Sony, let alone
getting it Windows free).

Bruno