1 of 3 Dell Inspiron Mini Netbooks Sold With Linux

Posted by timothy on Tuesday February 24, 2009 @04:49AM from the for-their-patients-who-chew-gum dept.

christian.einfeldt writes "According to an article in Laptop Magazine on-line, one-third of Dell Inspiron Mini 9s netbooks are sold with the Ubuntu Linux operating system. Dell senior product manager John New attributed the sales volume to the lower price point of the Ubuntu Linux machines. And the return rate of the Ubuntu Linux machines is approximately equal to that of comparable netbooks sold with Microsoft Windows XP. Dell spokesperson Jay Pinkert attriutes the low return rate to Dell's good communications with its customers, saying 'We have done a very good job explaining to folks what Linux is.'"

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...AND immediately by jridley · 2009-02-24 07:49 · Score: 0, Troll

had a pirated copy of XP installed on them. Well, I bet 50+% of them did. And another half of those, within a month.
Re:Netbooks and Linux by sulfur · 2009-02-24 09:48 · Score: 0, Troll

that XP (and other versions of Windows) REQUIRE the use of: <...>

Yes, you CAN do without it
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You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.