Re: [PLUG] Dell linux

[jeff <jeffv@op.net>]

Alex Launi wrote:
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> When Was it that you spoke with them? 

3pm?


> They have been offering PCs with
> free-dos for quite a while, and now as we all know Ubuntu pre-installed,

I mentioned that this was for their corporate customers.
They have different lines for different purposes.  Dimensions are latest 
and greatest (and cheapest), with no guarantee they'll have the same 
video card from week to week.  Corporate machines are pretty locked down 
in terms of hardware, with very little changing, if at all.  XP was kept 
as an option before they brought it back for consumer line pc's.

Btw, I didn't know about free-dos.  I don't visit the consumer side of 
the page so I wouldn't see it if it were offered.


> As for corporate customers, there's been lots of noise recently about
> them starting to sell Linux to SMBs. I think the rumour is that the
> official announcement is going to be at LinuxWorld.

That would be great!
I only know what my rep told me.  He knows of my great love for Windows 
and would definitely tell me if he knew anything about support for 
corporate linux.  Of course this could just mean he wasn't aware of it...



P.S.  Dell's website sucks eggs.  Assuming you can log in, trying to 
find a flash drive can be a 15 minute experience.  Their E-Cart seems to 
occasionally have a hole in it, allowing the items to fall out the 
bottom.  Sometimes when you hit NEXT PAGE, it tells you it can't find 
the page.

Does Vista come in a web server edition?  :)



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