[geeks] FYI - Dell to start accepting orders for Ubuntu laptop/desktops

[Gary Goddard]

Lionel Peterson wrote:
> They have two desktops and a laptop, and the systems are middle of the road (AFAIK) - the laptop looks to be about $600 (Inspiron 1505n)[0], desktops are to be priced the same as with Vista/WinXP (Dell effort to config Linux cancelled out savings from MS OS elimination) it seems.
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As the price is the same I'd probably go for windows xp and then install 
the distro I wanted on it, as my old PC's often get pasted onto family 
and friends having a windows license would be a bonus.

Gary