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Dell's Open PC Costs More Than Windows Box

Posted by Zonk on from the odd-that dept.

fist_187 writes "In this article at The Register, they show thath Dell's Open PC costs more than a PC shipped with Windows XP. That's right, getting a PC with a blank hard drive costs more than the same hardware running Windows XP." From the article: "As it turns out, Dell's sales staffers have a secret web page for the product that you can't find with normal search tactics. A kind lass we'll call 'M' pointed us here. On this site, Dell presents a couple different versions of the mysterious E510n. The lowest-end system starts at $774 and is exactly like the boxes above - including the free flat panel - except it has 512MB of memory. For some reason, Dell told reporters that the box starts at $849 - yet another one of the odd sales tactics surrounding this "open source" kit. [Following the publication of our story, Dell raised the price of the PC back up to $849. See the sales pages below for the original $774 price comparisons.]"

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  1. huh? i thought dell only did windows machines.. by Dragoonkain · · Score: -1, Troll

    fucking corporate assholes

    please type the word in this image: Progress

  2. Bring in...the nerds. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    This is going to be a boring, trite barrage of nerds blaming everything from the death of Christopher Reeve to Katrina on Microsoft.

    It really does get sooo tedious.

  3. Build it yourself? by bubbaprog · · Score: -1, Troll

    Don't most people who want to use Linux just build their own PC? Outside of braindead automatons, who buys a Dell PC anymore?

  4. dear slashdoters by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    linux sucks my 13" nigger cock

  5. Dell is on the take by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    They are probably getting $$ from M$ to make the non-MS PCs less attractive. Follow the money.