On Saturday 26 May 2007 15:03, LeeUKHA wrote: > I went direct to Dell's website, and compared an Inspiron E1505N laptop > (the Linux version) with an MS E1505. > > At first glance, the Linux version is cheaper, until you realise, it's > only got half the RAM and onboard graphics. Add those to the list and > it's $29 more expensive than the MS version... > > So I'm not sure where "Dell spokeswoman Anne Camden" gets the $50 > cheaper from... > > Lee :(
That seems to be a common trait with PC sellers - they assume that because we tend not to pay for our OS, that we want cheap (i.e low quality) hardware. >From my own experience, that is a serious miscalculation - most Linux users I know have very high end kit. Ebuyer for example often have systems for sale which have Linux installed - but they are always bottom spec stuff - built in graphics, small hard drives and low end processors with tiny amounts of ram. <tin foil hats on> Perhaps Dell are doing this to stop us clamouring for Linux installed systems? Sell a limited range of machines, in the USA only, with low spec hardware and then, when sales are poor, they can turn round and say that they tried but... </tin foil hats> Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
