Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3109 mails)

[Tony Alfrey <tonyalfrey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kai Ponte wrote:
> On Monday 26 February 2007 02:05:58 pm Tony Alfrey wrote:
> > 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.
>
> I seem to recall there being some argument for this a while back. The 
> pre-loaded machines actually cost the clone manufacturers less, simply 
> because all the drivers are pre-loaded on some sort of image, whereas they 
> need to spend more labor hours on these machines.

I don't understand.  Why is there any software labor on a box with no 
installed operating system?




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Tony Alfrey
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