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Dell Sells Open Source Computers

Posted by kdawson on from the ahhhhhh dept.

Lo5 writes with the excellent news that Dell is selling desktop computers without Windows preinstalled. They are called "n Series"; you can choose from Dimension E520, E521, or C521 desktops. The hard drive comes unformatted.

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  1. I don't think so. by twitter · · Score: 0, Troll

    This guy found an E520 (the Intel core 2 with 1G RAM) with a smaller hard drive and Windoze that was $240 cheaper. That difference should get a lot of hard drive these days, so you are paying the Windoze tax and then some as usual for Dell.

    Something makes me think they just want to avoid the Windoze refund and sucker a lot of people at the same time. Boooo.

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  2. Re:OMG, TERMINAL by twitter · · Score: 0, Troll

    Woot - they did not get that big on low margins now did they? I hope you buy a dozen of them. The $600 price is about $200 more than I paid on the last computer I bought and built myself. But hey, a guy like the Bungi can afford to pay more for less.

    On second thought - don't buy a dozen. You will pass the cost on to someone I might have to do business with.

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