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Dell Ships Ubuntu 7.04 PCs Today

Posted by kdawson on from the wait-is-over dept.

javipas writes "Today by 4:00 PM CST Dell will start selling three machines with Ubuntu 7.04 pre-installed. The two desktops (XPS 410n, $899 and Dimension E520n, $599) and the notebook (Inspiron E1505n, $599) will be the first three machines with the popular Linux distribution installed by default. There is little or no price differential between the Linux and Windows models; in fact, the entry level E520 Windows desktop is cheaper. Dell has announced that they will provide hardware support, and they've created a new site devoted to giving further Linux support and updates. At the moment the offer is only available in the US."

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  1. Only three ? by bytesex · · Score: 5, Funny

    They must be mighty expensive then !

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    1. Re:Only three ? by ronadams · · Score: 5, Funny

      Nah, they just shipped one for each of the three Linux users in the common marketplace who would buy a pre-built machine.

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    2. Re:Only three ? by Darundal · · Score: 3, Funny

      Ballmer. The last one is for him so that he can properly gauge how far he can throw it, most lethal angles, etc, for when they start losing significant sales to linux boxxen.

  2. Agree by Mateo_LeFou · · Score: 2, Funny

    In other news, this "coming soon image"
    http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/u buntu?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs

    used to be kinda different. And I made fun of it over here.
    http://a4fs.net/img/lol.htm

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  3. Re:Typical by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    I hereby renounce everything I stated in the above post and unconditionally agree that I am an imbecile who has almost no understanding of the PC business and who has also never been trusted with any asset more valuable than a plastic hamburger spatula.

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