Fred A. Miller wrote: <snip>
— Dell reports on what it plans to do with this feedback. Quoting: "[W]e are working with Novell to certify our corporate client products for Linux, including our OptiPlex desktops, Latitude notebooks and Dell Precision workstations. <snip>
http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/ideastorm/ideasinaction?c=us&l=en&s=gen
I was one that made such a request for linux laptops at the Dell site. So I said to myself, "Let's see what it's gonna cost me". So I went to the linux laptops link http://www.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/nseries_nb?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd and priced out a D520N Duo linux-ready, not linux-installed, with various options: memory, drive, DVD, graphics card. Then I repeated this exercise by simply going to the Dell site and pretended to configure the same machine with Vista installed. http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/latit_d520?c=us&l=en&s=bsd&cs=04 I tried very hard to select the same components: CPU, memory, graphics card, hard drive, DVD. It would cost me a hundred bucks less for the Vista box. I don't think Dell has quite got this worked out yet. -- Tony Alfrey tonyalfrey@earthlink.net "I'd Rather Be Sailing" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org