10 Dec
2007
10 Dec
'07
7:15 p.m.
On 10/12/2007, MJ Ray mjr@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