Posted by: Anonymous
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on July 26, 2008 01:45 PM
...simply because these machines are unavailable to a large part of Dell's customers. By all practical means. The Ubuntu teaser is just a marketing jippo to prevent Linuxers from fleeing...
Vista machines needs higher specs and Dell prefer to sell these. Dell could easily offer Ubuntu on practically any machine they are selling - probably they will have to do some minor adjustments as regards wifi/HSDPA, but that's all.
When they do their "Linuxfriendlyness" MIGHT become relevant. First come first serve...
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Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 81.191.161.218] on July 26, 2008 01:45 PMVista machines needs higher specs and Dell prefer to sell these. Dell could easily offer Ubuntu on practically any machine they are selling - probably they will have to do some minor adjustments as regards wifi/HSDPA, but that's all.
When they do their "Linuxfriendlyness" MIGHT become relevant. First come first serve...
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