Turns Out Ubuntu Dell Costs $225 More

An anonymous reader writes "One week ago this community discussed the apparent price advantage of Ubuntu Dell over Vista. The article linked to a Dell IdeaStorm page with the status: 'Implemented.' Today the status has changed on that page to 'Reneged: Ubuntu Dell is $225 More Than Windows Dell.' The full price of a Ubuntu Inspiron 1420N is indeed $50 cheaper than the identical hardware configuration with Vista — except that a $275 free upgrade to 2GB memory and a 160-GB hard drive is available for Windows only."

Comments

Vista needs the space

[LiquidCoooled]

Haven't people been saying the footprint of Linux is a shitload less than Windows bloat.
You simply don't need the extra on linux.

Re:Vista needs the space

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm guessing you never used KDE _

Re:Vista needs the space

[syntaxglitch]

LOL, that's Ubuntu users for you:

Are you still bitter over that one Ubuntu support thread where you acted like a jerk and people didn't magically fix your problem? Holding a grudge for over a year doesn't exactly give you the moral high ground here, you realize.

Astounding.

[EveryNickIsTaken]

There's two things I need every morning - a cup of coffee, and a blatant "flame Microsoft" Slashdot article. Bravo.

Re:What's the incentive?

[MoonFog]

Considering it's already down (see my other post in this thread), I guess it's safe to say that Dell's dynamic pricing moves faster than Slashdot's submission acceptance system.

Re:What's the incentive?

[FlyByPC]

Considering it's already down (see my other post in this thread), I guess it's safe to say that Dell's dynamic pricing moves faster than Slashdot's submission acceptance system.
It's the Slashdot corollary to the Cartoon Law of Falling Anvils (Law IX):
Everything moves faster than Slashdot submissions.