Why would you bother ordering it with Ubuntu when it's cheaper just to buy it with Vista and then install Ubuntu yourself? If you don't believe me, try speccing up two identical sytems yourself (one with Vista, one with Linux).
The Vista machines are ALWAYS discounted - pretty much permanently, by up to £250 and you can get a further 10% off with easily findable coupons. The Ubuntu machines are not discounted. Therefore it's cheaper just to buy it with Vista and then format the hard disk and put Ubuntu on yourself.
Actual numbers for 2.0Ghz, 2048Mb, WLED screen upgrade, NVidia card and 6 cell battery: With Vista: £680.09 With Ubuntu: £804.49
So the supposedly FREE Ubuntu is effectively costing you £124 MORE. You'd have to be an idiot to order anything through Dell's Ubuntu pages.
While its tablet world topping pixel density, Tegra 2 silicon, and fresh to death OS certainly sound awesome, we had to get our grubby mitts on one to see if it's as good as its spec sheet would have us believe.
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Why would you bother ordering it with Ubuntu when it's cheaper just to buy it with Vista and then install Ubuntu yourself? If you don't believe me, try speccing up two identical sytems yourself (one with Vista, one with Linux).
The Vista machines are ALWAYS discounted - pretty much permanently, by up to £250 and you can get a further 10% off with easily findable coupons. The Ubuntu machines are not discounted. Therefore it's cheaper just to buy it with Vista and then format the hard disk and put Ubuntu on yourself.
Actual numbers for 2.0Ghz, 2048Mb, WLED screen upgrade, NVidia card and 6 cell battery:
With Vista: £680.09
With Ubuntu: £804.49
So the supposedly FREE Ubuntu is effectively costing you £124 MORE. You'd have to be an idiot to order anything through Dell's Ubuntu pages.