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Re: [News] Dell Begins to Offer Linux PCs in China

__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Thursday 22 March 2007 11:13 \__

> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Dell launches low-cost PC in China
>> 
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| Another PC the company is offering at a special price runs Linux.
>>| 
>>| [...]
>>| 
>>| The company is also offering a slightly higher priced desktop, the
>>| Dell Dimension C51-n, with an Athlon64 3200 microprocessor from
>>| Advanced Micro Devices, a Linux OS, and a 17-inch LCD (liquid
>>| crystal display) monitor. The company is offering a special price
>>| on the system, 3,999 renminbi.
>>| 
>>| The company does not say what version of Linux is on the PC. A
>>| Dell spokesperson could not be reached for comment.
>> `----
>> 
>> http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/03/21/HNdelllowcostpcchina_1.html
>> 
> 
> As they're still offering Windows, albeit XP, presumably Microsoft will
> be in a quandry regarding how hard to try to stamp this activity out -
> after all, how could a "partner" do such a thing?  Sell a competing OS?
> We don't do competition at Microsoft!

Yes, the big(ger) deal here is shunning of XP. Dell is not the exception.
Imagine the support nightmare. People return PCs and complain that their
hardware (peripherals) is obsolete. Among many other problems, but that
could become an entire essay...

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