>
> Dell Plays Hide-and-Seek with Vista PCs
>
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> | I never thought I would be saying this, but I think we have a
> | Vista OEM distributor giving Microsoft the shaft. Who would
> | that be you ask? Why, none other than Dell.
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> http://www.osweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2478
>
An interesting view of this article is that the author is clearly blaming
Dell for creating an opportunity for a buyer to misconfigure (in the
author's opinion) a new computer purchase. He recognizes the high
popularity of Vista even so:
"But seriously, most consumers are going to be rather upset as they simply
want to buy a PC that offers the famed Vista 3D effects."
>
> At Dell, Windows XP Home is $19 less than worthless
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Latitude D520N Duo (with FreeDOS): $984
> |
> | Latitude D520 Dual Core (with Windows XP Home Edition SP2): $965
> `----
>
> http://danpritchard.com/blog/2007/02/21/dell-winxphome-19-less-than-worthless/
>
The Linux advocates have often chanted "How can you compete with "free"?" as
a way to suggest that Windows was bound to decline in acceptance and so
increase Linux use, but here is the obvious answer. The OEM's support costs
encountered in supplying an OS other than what the consumer is expecting and
has experience in using makes adding OSS warez a negative advantage.
>
>
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | The new team of leaders at Dell is weighing a request to give customers
> | the option to purchase PCs with the Linux OS, instead of the default
> | Windows, after thousands of users voted for that idea on a company blog.
> `----
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070222/tc_infoworld/86270
But could Linux be provided as inexpensively as the freeDOS platform or
would the expected support costs drive the price significantly higher?
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