[CoLoCo] Dual-boot and wine options

[David L. Willson]

Maybe System76 could price-match?

On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:16:46 -0700 (PDT), Jeffrey LePage wrote
> I'm trying to help a local school get some Linux machines (for admin and staff 
> use).  They had decided to go with Dell and get some desktops with Ubuntu pre-
> installed.  They were offering pretty decent machines for cheap.  Then Dell 
> informed us that they couldn't give us the advertised special because we're a 
> school.  Go figure.  Instead they would sell us the same machine for MORE 
> money.  Also, the only OS option is Vista Business. 
> 
> I'm talking to HP and others now.  They're willing to _try_ to match Dell's 
> original price, but they also insist on installing Windows.  They want to 
> install WinXP Pro.   The school thought about going with a white-box assembler 
> and getting no-OS machines, but they decided they wanted a big well-known vendor.
> 
> So, what are my options?  Let's say I get some vendor to sell us machines with 
> WinXP pre-installed.  Maybe I can use this to our advantage and offer some 
> extra Windows support? 
> 
> How about re-sizing the pre-installed windows partition and making them dual-
> boot? 
> 
> I also recall that it's possible to run wine by accessing the DLL's on an 
> existing windows partition.  Is this a good option? 
> 
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-- David