May 24th, 2007
It’s finally here. Later today, Dell will offer U.S customers three different systems with Ubuntu 7.04 installed: the XPS 410n and Dimension E520n desktops and the Inspiron E1505n notebook. These systems will be available at www.dell.com/open by 4pm CST today. Starting price for the E520n desktop and the E1505n notebook is $599; the XPS 410n […]
By Mike Abundo -- 0 comments
May 6th, 2007
In yet another slap to Microsoft’s face, Dell won’t even include Windows emulation in Ubuntu machines.
Dell will not include open-source software such as Wine, which lets users run Windows programs on Linux, with the PCs it plans to bundle with Ubuntu Linux, Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Ubuntu and its commercial sponsor Canonical, said May […]
By Mike Abundo -- 0 comments
April 22nd, 2007
Once again, Dell listens to customers and pisses off Microsoft. Based on a popular suggestion on IdeaStorm, their customer feedback Digg clone, they’ll once again make Windows XP available as an option on selected machines for the US home market. Ballmer was wrong: it’s low demand, not piracy, that keeps Vista sales down.
Previously, Dell started […]
By Mike Abundo -- 3 comments
April 4th, 2007
I worked with a Dell supplier in the early 2000’s, so I know firsthand what kind of hardasses they can be. That’s why they took such a well-deserved brutal A-list beating in the blogosphere two years ago. That’s also why I’m pleasantly surprised that their Digg clone, built in response to aforementioned beating, is more […]
By Mike Abundo -- 3 comments
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