[ubuntu-uk] Dell reply to EeePC

2008-05-29 Thread Mac
Let's hope it comes with Ubuntu pre-installed... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7425099.stm Mac -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell reply to EeePC

2008-05-29 Thread Chris Rowson
Let's hope it comes with Ubuntu pre-installed... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7425099.stm Mac Hi there, The original article is here - http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/05/29/dell_targets_asus_eee_with_min.html#more Looking at £250 - £300 (from US pricing) and comes with a choice of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell reply to EeePC

2008-05-29 Thread Rob Beard
Quoting Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Let's hope it comes with Ubuntu pre-installed... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7425099.stm Mac Quote from BBC's article... The success of the Eee PC and the rush by many companies to release similar products has seen a recent about-turn by

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell reply to EeePC

2008-05-29 Thread Mac
Rob Beard wrote: snip Quote from BBC's article... The success of the Eee PC and the rush by many companies to release similar products has seen a recent about-turn by Microsoft. The company has said it will extend support of its XP OS on sub-notebooks, in an effort to thwart the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell reply to EeePC

2008-05-29 Thread Rob Beard
Mac wrote: It's a great sum in many countries (though the cost of the sub-notebook itself by comparison astronomically huge). However, whatever the cost, Win XP leaves you with less useable storage on the EeePC than GNU/Linux does. And I guess M$ will still struggle with very cheap