[wplug] What do you think? a $99 computer
Michael H. Semcheski
mhsemcheski at gmail.com
Fri Jun 1 11:17:58 EDT 2007
On 6/1/07, Patrick Wagstrom <pwagstro at andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
> Ubuntu on Dell is new for a couple of reasons:
>
> * It's provided on DESKTOP machines.
> * It creates a price differential.
> So, I wouldn't say it's nothing new, because until last week it was
> quite difficult to get a personal machine from Dell sans Windows.
It is true that this is the first time there's a price-differential
between Windows and not-Windows. Also, it may be the first time
they're selling Optiplexes and Dimensions without Windows -- not quite
sure about that. But they have been selling Precision's with Redhat
or SuSE for a while (and FreeDOS). Granted, those are usually not
what one would buy for their home desktop.
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