Re: little snippit from the UK via The Register
- From: "Christopher Muto" <muto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 16:49:03 GMT
the pre-install aside, i could certainly see a linuux users not wanting to
pay for ms windows and therefore being turned off from the entire purchase.
paying for windows and not using it does seem slightly more repulsive than
paying for it and using it.
"S.Lewis" <stew1960@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Fixer" <ram.systems@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hot on the heels of our Dell story yesterday, the computer maker has
announced plans to release PCs and laptops that ship with the Linux
operating system.
I find it completely laughable that anyone serious about Linux would want
Dell to install it for them rather than to do so themselves.
It is the software equivalent of a true, hardcore gamer buying an OEM PC
for that use. (*Voodoo PC and Alienware don't count).
The Dell customer blog was taken over by geek posters screaming for
Linux-loaded Dell machines to promote the OS (versus the MS borg) moreso
than to provide them (the posters themselves) with a product they need.
Anyone smart enough to effectively use/manipulate Linux doesn't need Dell,
HP or Gateway to pre-install the OS for them.
I'm guessing sales will be somewhere between underwhelming to modest at
best.
jmo
Stew
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