I ordered my Dell with Ubuntu and saved $140.00 compared to Vista.
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| I paid $409.00 plus tax and shipping for the E520N with pre-installed
| Ubuntu 7.04.
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http://technocrat.net/d/2007/5/24/20488
The Dell PC price challenge -- Windows Vista versus Ubuntu
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| Now that Dell has released its Ubuntu-preloaded desktop and notebook
| PCs, there are two questions to answer -- firstly, how much cheaper
| are Ubuntu systems over their Windows Vista counterparts and secondly,
| just how much is Dell charging consumers for a Windows Vista license.
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http://techlogg.com/content/view/201/31/
Doubters use their own methods to show the opposite (the art of turning
lies/hypothesis into statistics, or vice versa), but the matter of fact is
that better deals are available with Linux, as promised.
Related:
A step up for Microsoft rival
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| Dell plans to start offering Ubuntu as an option on selected consumer
| PCs in the coming weeks, said Jeremy Bolen, a Dell spokesman. Ubuntu
| is free, and machines pre-installed with it will be less expensive than
| PCs of the same configuration that come with Windows, Bolen said.
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/314124_dellfolo03.html
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