in that case, I have no idea what you are talking about.
Dell ships Vista Home Basic. Inspiron desktops and notebooks are configured with Vista Home Basic at the lowest level. Upgrading to Home Premium cost varies, cheapest I've seen is $25, probably worth it if you really want to run Windows.
In machines that are available with Ubuntu, the price difference between Vista home basic and Ubuntu is $50. There were some pricing problems when Vista machines turned out to be cheaper than Ubuntu onee, because they forgot to make the various "free upgrades" available to the Ubuntu machines. Dell's "official" blog said they've corrected to problem now.
There is no hardware difference between Ubuntu machines and Vista machines, IF Ubuntu is available for that particular model. Or at least this is the message Dell is broadcasting.
Hey, I got my Latitude (through a premier deal that is) with home basic... off course I immediately tossed it off and put XP pro on it...
But talking about linux, and other non-windows OS-es, how many people actually put a different OS on their PC? Maybe 3% of all users..., and that number is probably even high. How many people actually know that you can replace your OS, maybe 25%? Off which 15% doesn't care. So the vast majority of computer users, let's say 75% hasn't even got a clue. Maybe a lower price will let these people use linux, but only if for example it's Dell lowest priced offering of the whole range. "Oh, I just saw that you can buy $300 laptops these days a Dell..."
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Actually I get Home Premium.
Only HP ships PCs with home basic ($1K+)
in that case, I have no idea what you are talking about.
Dell ships Vista Home Basic. Inspiron desktops and notebooks are configured with Vista Home Basic at the lowest level. Upgrading to Home Premium cost varies, cheapest I've seen is $25, probably worth it if you really want to run Windows.
In machines that are available with Ubuntu, the price difference between Vista home basic and Ubuntu is $50. There were some pricing problems when Vista machines turned out to be cheaper than Ubuntu onee, because they forgot to make the various "free upgrades" available to the Ubuntu machines. Dell's "official" blog said they've corrected to problem now.
There is no hardware difference between Ubuntu machines and Vista machines, IF Ubuntu is available for that particular model. Or at least this is the message Dell is broadcasting.
Hey, I got my Latitude (through a premier deal that is) with home basic... off course I immediately tossed it off and put XP pro on it...
But talking about linux, and other non-windows OS-es, how many people actually put a different OS on their PC? Maybe 3% of all users..., and that number is probably even high. How many people actually know that you can replace your OS, maybe 25%? Off which 15% doesn't care. So the vast majority of computer users, let's say 75% hasn't even got a clue. Maybe a lower price will let these people use linux, but only if for example it's Dell lowest priced offering of the whole range. "Oh, I just saw that you can buy $300 laptops these days a Dell..."