[ALUG] Asus Eee pc 4G

[Greg Thomas]

On 10/12/2007, MJ Ray <mjr at phonecoop.coop> wrote:
>
> I've read (and I think I checked when a family friend was after a new
> laptop) that it's cheaper to buy a Dell Windows machine of the same
> spec than to buy one of their Ubuntu machines.  Also, you can try for
> the Windows tax refund.
>
> So, that makes me wonder if Dell are either:-
> a. market-testing the gullibility of Ubuntu users;
> b. looking to say "well, demand wasn't as high as predicted" when they
> accept the Microsoft shilling to become an exclusively Windows vendor.

or:
c. a commercial operation factoring in the kick-back they no doubt get
from installing all the 30-day trial versions of Office/PaintShop
Pro/Broadband/etc. that just doesn't exist with a Linux based OS.

Greg