Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dells with Ubuntu

2007-05-31 Thread Eamonn Sullivan
On 5/30/07, Pete Ryland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 30/05/07, Dianne Reuby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I Stumbled this website last night http://efficientpc.co.uk/ - selling Ubuntu pre-installed in the UK. I'm sure there's a handful of small companies doing this already, but nice to know

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dells with Ubuntu

2007-05-31 Thread Pete Ryland
On 31/05/07, Eamonn Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/30/07, Pete Ryland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: contains a Hauppauge Nova-T 500 Dual card which is not 100% working in Linux yet. Interesting point. I was looking carefully at their dual-tuner offering, since they're selling it for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dells with Ubuntu

2007-05-30 Thread Mark Harrison
Alec Wright wrote: It's not about the price. It's about not giving money to Microsoft for something you're not going to use. It's about not having to bother about installing Ubuntu yourself. It's about being guaranteed Ubuntu compatible hardware. It may not be about price to YOU. It

[ubuntu-uk] Dells with Ubuntu

2007-05-30 Thread Dianne Reuby
I Stumbled this website last night http://efficientpc.co.uk/ - selling Ubuntu pre-installed in the UK. IMPORTANT NOTE (excuse my shout!) - I don't know anything about this firm, I haven't bought anything from them, I don't know anyone who's bought from them. :) I'm not making a recommendation,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dells with Ubuntu

2007-05-30 Thread Alec Wright
On Wed, 2007-05-30 at 08:50 +0100, Mark Harrison wrote: It may not be about price to YOU. It certainly is about price for a lot of people. M. Well, to me, £30 extra or whatever it is is worth it if you're getting compatible hardware, and not having to go through the hassle of installing

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dells with Ubuntu

2007-05-30 Thread Pete Ryland
On 30/05/07, Dianne Reuby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I Stumbled this website last night http://efficientpc.co.uk/ - selling Ubuntu pre-installed in the UK. I'm sure there's a handful of small companies doing this already, but nice to know there's another! Interestingly, their top offering under

[ubuntu-uk] Dells with Ubuntu

2007-05-26 Thread luxxius
Anyone going to USA soon? http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/linux_3x?c=uscs=19l=ens=dhs~ck=mn -- Diana -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dells with Ubuntu

2007-05-26 Thread LeeUKHA
Why bother? I just compared a Vista vs. Fiesty Inspiron laptop and the answer is It's (like for like*) $29 cheaper to buy a Vista laptop and install Fiesty on it yourself... Jeez... only Dell could replace a $40 OS with a free one and make it $69 more expensive... I really despair

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dells with Ubuntu

2007-05-26 Thread Alec Wright
On Sat, 2007-05-26 at 11:28 +0100, LeeUKHA wrote: Why bother? I just compared a Vista vs. Fiesty Inspiron laptop and the answer is It's (like for like*) $29 cheaper to buy a Vista laptop and install Fiesty on it yourself... Jeez... only Dell could replace a $40 OS with a free one

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dells with Ubuntu

2007-05-26 Thread LeeUKHA
Why bother? I just compared a Vista vs. Fiesty Inspiron laptop and the answer is It's (like for like*) $29 cheaper to buy a Vista laptop and install Fiesty on it yourself... Jeez... only Dell could replace a $40 OS with a free one and make it $69 more expensive... I really despair