Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on March 30, 2007 03:41 PM
First off, you obviously didn't read the article carefully. It isn't an Acer. It's an Asus. Having proved to me that you don't pay attention to details in what you read, you then expect me to take your point-by-point comparison seriously.
But even if your comparison were valid, I'd buy Darter not Dell. With Darter, I get to save time: Linux is preinstalled. I don't have to check whether all the devices are Linux-compatible. Both of those are worth money.
But even without that, I'd buy Darter not Dell, because every time you buy Dell with a Microsoft bundle, you give money to Microsoft. Money which it will then use, in part, to try to destroy the Free Software community.
I don't expect that to be something you object to, because you don't value freedom. You're happy to let Microsoft own your data and tell you what you're allowed to do. A lot of people, probably a majority, think as you do.
But for those of us who don't, Darter deserves our business.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on March 30, 2007 03:41 PMFirst off, you obviously didn't read the article carefully. It isn't an Acer. It's an Asus. Having proved to me that you don't pay attention to details in what you read, you then expect me to take your point-by-point comparison seriously.
But even if your comparison were valid, I'd buy Darter not Dell. With Darter, I get to save time: Linux is preinstalled. I don't have to check whether all the devices are Linux-compatible. Both of those are worth money.
But even without that, I'd buy Darter not Dell, because every time you buy Dell with a Microsoft bundle, you give money to Microsoft. Money which it will then use, in part, to try to destroy the Free Software community.
I don't expect that to be something you object to, because you don't value freedom. You're happy to let Microsoft own your data and tell you what you're allowed to do. A lot of people, probably a majority, think as you do.
But for those of us who don't, Darter deserves our business.
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