Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on March 30, 2007 04:20 AM
So, because of 80,000 anonymous and likely falsified "requests" for Linux PC's on a website, the Linux crowd would have Dell and the rest of us believe that there is enormous pent up demand for Linux PCs. Dell seems sceptical about the whole thing, some mumbo jumbo about market forces and actually making real money, blah blah blah. So, while everyone waits with baited breath for the infamous Dell Linux PC, Zonker offers us an alternative.
Enter The Darter System 76 which Joe openly states is an Acer barebones with Ubuntu preinstalled for only $1,369. Huzzah!!
But, let's compare that with a Dell laptop. Enter the Dell Inspiron E1405: Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 2 GB RAM - That's 1 GB more than comes with the Darter. 14.1 Inch XGA LCD screen - That's one inch bigger than the Darter. 160GB 5400 RPM SATA Hard Drive. - WAY bigger than the Darter. CD-DVD burner 950GMA Graphics Chip. 802.11b/g Wireless Wired Ethernet Vista Home Premium Microsoft Works McAfee AntiVirus w/ 1 YR subscription. 1 Yr. Warranty And more!!!!
Plus(!) you can download and install the free Ubuntu Linux on it if you wish. The E1405 works fine running even Ubuntu 7.04 Fiesty Fawn, the soon to be released presently beta, latest version of Ubuntu.
All that for $1,277!
So, I get more laptop and software from Dell for less money. Much less when you make the specs identical. And with Dell I can dual boot Windows Vista and Ubuntu Linux if I wish.
Why am I supposed to give Darter more money for less product? Because it has Linux preinstalled? Are you kidding me? I'm suppsed to pay more for less product simply because a completely gratis version of Linux is preinstalled?
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on March 30, 2007 04:20 AMEnter The Darter System 76 which Joe openly states is an Acer barebones with Ubuntu preinstalled for only $1,369. Huzzah!!
But, let's compare that with a Dell laptop. Enter the Dell Inspiron E1405:
Intel Core 2 Duo T7200
2 GB RAM - That's 1 GB more than comes with the Darter.
14.1 Inch XGA LCD screen - That's one inch bigger than the Darter.
160GB 5400 RPM SATA Hard Drive. - WAY bigger than the Darter.
CD-DVD burner
950GMA Graphics Chip.
802.11b/g Wireless
Wired Ethernet
Vista Home Premium
Microsoft Works
McAfee AntiVirus w/ 1 YR subscription.
1 Yr. Warranty
And more!!!!
Plus(!) you can download and install the free Ubuntu Linux on it if you wish. The E1405 works fine running even Ubuntu 7.04 Fiesty Fawn, the soon to be released presently beta, latest version of Ubuntu.
All that for $1,277!
So, I get more laptop and software from Dell for less money. Much less when you make the specs identical. And with Dell I can dual boot Windows Vista and Ubuntu Linux if I wish.
Why am I supposed to give Darter more money for less product? Because it has Linux preinstalled? Are you kidding me? I'm suppsed to pay more for less product simply because a completely gratis version of Linux is preinstalled?
You have got to be kidding me!
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