[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu on Dell (revisited) ....

[Liam Proven]

On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Dianne Reuby <pramclub at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 15:10 +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
>> As far as I can see, they do, and your actions are very unhelpful.
>>
>> Here are the results of going to www.dell.co.uk and searching for the
>> single word "ubuntu":
>>
>> http://search.euro.dell.com/results.aspx?s=gen&c=uk&l=en&cs=&k=ubuntu&cat=all&x=0&y=0
>>
>> Note, no less than 7 different models.
>
> But if you select any, the only OS offered is Win 7. A sales rep told me
> that they no longer supply Ubuntu pre-installed, and that if I installed
> it my hardware would lose it's guarantee.

Ahhh. OK.

I think that could very readily be challenged legally, and I am sure
they'd back down before actually going to court, but OK, fair enough.


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