[Leaplist] Fwd: [vox] [fwd] Alienware soliciting people's views about Linux on Alienware laptops

[Kyle Gonzales]

On Wed, 2007-03-14 at 06:56 -0500, Fred Moore wrote:
> On Wednesday 14 March 2007 07:37, Kyle Gonzales wrote:
> > On Mon, 2007-03-12 at 23:20 -0400, ray wrote:
> > > David Harris wrote:
> > > >> > http://lists.leap-cf.org/mailman/listinfo/leaplist
> > > >>
> > > >> hate to be negative here, but meh, who cares.  Alienware = Dell and we
> > > >> know what Dell is doing with the requests of the public.
> > > >
> > > > Not offhand, what are they doing?  The only thing I found (via a quick
> > > > search, mind you ) was that Dell laptops with Linux cost more than
> > > > Dell laptops with M$.
> > >
> > > Dell is not going to be offering Linux on any hardware for SoHo use any
> > > time soon.  Basically they are going to ignore the request of the public
> > > "because it will cost them to much" to offer Linux as they do not have
> > > the expertise to support it and have to higher 3rd party companies for
> > > support.
> >
> > Not being an apologist for Dell...
> >
> > But anyone can buy desktops and laptops from Dell with FreeDOS on them,
> > and install Linux on them, with zero M$ taint.
> >
> > You can also buy Dell workstations with Red Hat Enterprise Linux
> > installed, and the support for those systems will come from Dell support
> > staff.
> >
> > Just wanting to straighten out the facts.
> 
> 
> relook at DELL.. the model 1520 notebook is 599 with MS Vista installed.. it 
> is 699 with freedos installed..  with the exact same options.. 
> The difference, with vista you must get the model 1520 with one gb of memory 
> installed installed and you get it with 1gb for 599.. 
> if you get the freedos model with 1gb its 699.. its an upgrade from the 512gib 
> model..  you need to truely compare the offerings.. go figure.. it just isn't 
> right.. I got no use for them.. 
> just wanting to straighten out the facts.. Fred

I was not talking about pricing, I was talking about availability and
capability.  So I have no facts for you to straighten out. :)

-- 
Kyle Gonzales <kyle.gonzales at gmail.com>
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